THE ARKANSAS FAMILY HISTORIANFamily History Writing Contest and was printed in the December issue of The Arkansas Family Historian. In this issue we bring you the third place contest

THE ARKANSAS

FAMILY HISTORIAN

VOLUME 46, NUMBER 2 June 2008

Arkansas Genealogical Society P.O. Box 17653

Little Rock, AR 72222

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Susan Boyle, Editor Rebecca Wilson, Technical Editor Rita Benafield Henard, Contributing Editor Whitney McLaughlin, Contributing Editor

On the Cover: Masonic Hall in Russellville, Pope County, Arkansas, in which the charter members of The Christian Church held their organizational meeting 29 January 1882. They met there for four years until their church building was constructed. See the article beginning on page 88.

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Volume 46 Number 2 June 2008

Contents TRYING TIMES: THE JOHN TURNER DICKSON FAMILY OF SALINE COUNTY, ARKANSAS, DURING THE CIVIL WAR

2007 Writing Contest Third Place Anne Dixon Bryant............................................................................ 81

CHARTER MEMBERSHIP OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF RUSSELLVILLE, ARKANSAS

Robert R. Edwards ............................................................................ 88

DREW COUNTY ADVANCE (WEEKLY) MONTICELLO, ARKANSAS, NEWSPAPER OBITUARIES AND DEATH NOTICES JUNE 1894-DECEMBER 1899 PART 2

Tommy Carter .................................................................................. 91

WASHINGTON COUNTY, ARKANSAS, MANUMISSIONS Jan Hearn Davenport. .................................................................... 110

HEMPSTEAD COUNTY, ARKANSAS, VOTER LIST – 1868, MOSCO AND COLUMBUS PRECINCTS

Gloria Futrell .................................................................................. 113

SPRING GROVE MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH 1881-1896 AND SPRING GROVE CEMETERY, GARLAND COUNTY, ARKANSAS

Russell P. Baker............................................................................. 119

THE WIDOWS’ AND ORPHANS’ HOME IN BATESVILLE, INDEPENDENCE COUNTY, ARKANSAS

Betty Clayton ................................................................................. 121

ARKANSAS ANCESTRY CERTIFICATES through Hence Phillip Moore ................................................. 126 through Nicholas W. Cabler ................................................... 127 through Hardy Glenn .............................................................. 128

ARKANSAS QUERIES ...................................................................... 129

BOOK REVIEWS Yellow Tavern & Beyond

Dorothy Francis Atkinson ....................................................... 133

Irish Names and Surnames Rev. Patrick Woulfe ................................................................ 134

North American Wills Registered in London 1611-1857 Peter Wilson Coldham ........................................................... 135

The Genealogist’s Address Book, version 5.3

Elizabeth Petty Bentley .......................................................... 136

Eyewitness to American History: The Virginia Connection to the WPA Slave Narratives

James M. Rose and Dr. Cassandra Newby-Alexander ................ 137

Old Voices Patsy Campbell Womack ......................................................... 137

EDITOR’S NOTES The Arkansas Genealogical Society congratulates life member, long time board member, and former president Lynda Childers Suffridge who was awarded the Family History Writing Prize by the Arkansas Historical Association for her article Descendants of Reuben Searcy and Isabella McDonald. Her article also won first prize in the 2007 AGS Family History Writing Contest and was printed in the December issue of The Arkansas Family Historian. In this issue we bring you the third place contest entry about John Turner Dixon and his family who migrated from North Carolina to Saline County, Arkansas, shortly before the Civil War and endured the 1860s, but with many sacrifices. Our cover article presents the original membership list of the Christian Church of Russellville, which is still in existence today and holds early records and photographs. Part II of The Drew County Advance obituaries continues them through 1899, telling us much about Monticello, Arkansas, and environs at the time. The fourth article in this issue consists of manumissions recorded in a miscellaneous volume of Washington County, Arkansas, records. These legal papers which freed slaves from their servitude often contain enough information to help descendants track them in pre-Civil War times. An 1868 voter list from Hempstead County, Arkansas, covers Mosco and Columbus precincts, which roughly corresponded to Missouri and Saline townships, and include ages and occupations. The persons listed were required to prove that they had not aided the Confederacy during the war. Small, isolated, country cemeteries are often overlooked. Spring Grove Cemetery in a corner of Garland County is not included in any published cemetery survey for that county or those adjoining. Russell Baker uncovered some names associated with a church of the same name located briefly in the same area. It is difficult to track ancestors who were orphaned at an early age. The Odd Fellows and the Masons established two orphans’ homes in Batesville in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Betty Clayton has written a history of each of those homes and supplied us with lists of inmates that lived there over the years. We bring you her first article about the I.O.O.F. Widows’ and Orphans’ Home in this issue as well as the earliest list of people who were admitted there. In coming issues we

will print the history of the Masonic Home and other lists of persons who lived at both homes. As always, we bring you Arkansas Ancestry Certificate lineage charts, queries from researchers, and reviews of books you may find helpful or interesting. Feel free to send us articles about your families, local history, a forgotten cemetery, or interesting documents or county records. Submit as many queries as you want at any time during the year by emailing them to [email protected]. Family History Writing Contest entries are due by the end of June. You will find the rules and entry form in the back of this journal. Winners will be notified in September, and prizes will be awarded at the Arkansas Genealogical Society Fall Conference on 8 November 2008. Susan Boyle

John Turner Dickson Family 81

2007 AGS Family History Writing Contest Third Prize

TRYING TIMES: THE JOHN TURNER DICKSON FAMILY OF SALINE COUNTY, ARKANSAS, DURING THE CIVIL WAR

Anne Dixon Bryant [email protected]

It would be interesting to know what was in John Turner Dickson’s mind when he made the decision to leave his home on the Haw River in Orange County, North Carolina, and move his family to Saline County, Arkansas. John’s mother, Ann Turner Dickson, had died in 1851, so perhaps he felt free of his obligation as the oldest surviving son to his widowed mother. Perhaps he saw several of his friends or acquaintances leave Orange County and relocate to Arkansas and thought that would be a good thing for him as well. Whatever the reason, he moved his wife Catharine and eight children to Arkansas in about 1852. Nothing is known about who he traveled with or what sort of journey it was. But it is very probable that he chose Saline County because of his friendship with the John Nelson family, also formerly of Orange County. John Nelson, a widower of about four years, left Orange County with his seven daughters sometime in August or early September of 1848, joining a caravan of families who had the intention of going to Texas.1 After eleven weeks of travel, they camped near Benton, Arkansas, for a few days rest. While there, a resident of the area advised John that going to Texas with seven daughters would not be safe at that time due to “an uprising of Indians in Texas.”2 He heeded the advice, ended his journey, and bought property near Benton in Saline County.

1 Sarah A. Nelson letter to Menece Wilson, Hawfields, Orange County, North Carolina, 22 February 1849; Arkansas History Commission, Small Manuscript Collection, Box XIII, No. 3A. 2 Interview of Mary Elizabeth (Nelson) Dickson Brown, age 85, at her home in Jacksonville, Texas, by her niece Jennie Dixon Miller in August 1925, during which this information was dictated. A copy of Mrs. Miller’s notes is in the possession of this author.

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John Dickson likewise settled in Saline County and on 15 February 1853, he purchased 264 acres from Thomas H. Bradshaw and his wife Eliza.3 He was obviously hoping for the good life in this new area as it had been described by Sarah Nelson, the second oldest daughter of John Nelson, in her letter to Miss Menece Wilson back in Hawfields, Orange County, North Carolina on 22 February 1849:

We have all enjoyed very good health ever since we left North Carolina. I like Arkansas very well so far—the people all seem very friendly…There is a school going on at this time two miles from us. The country is about as much broken here as it is in the Hawfields. We have good spring water here plenty and the people all look very well and I am in hopes that we will enjoy good health here.4

John and Catharine settled down on their farm with their three sons and five daughters. Life was apparently going well by the time their eldest daughter, Harriett Ann Dickson, married Thomas Jefferson Elrod on 29 January 1857.5 The first grandchild, John Allen Elrod, was born 10 July 1858.6 On 11 August 1859, John and Catherine’s oldest son, William A. Dickson, married Mary Elizabeth (Betty) Nelson, the daughter of John Nelson.7 Two more grandchildren were born in September of 1860: Alonzo C. Dickson, son of William and Betty, on the first day of the month,8 and Elizabeth Catharine Elrod, daughter of Thomas and Harriett, on the eighth.9 The second oldest son, James Monroe Dickson, married Margaret Amanda Nelson, the youngest daughter of John Nelson, on 13 November 1860.10 3 Saline County Deed Book D: 191, County Clerk’s Office, Benton, Arkansas; Family History Library [FHL] microfilm 1287338. 4 Sarah A. Nelson letter to Menece Wilson, 1849. 5 Saline County Marriage Book B: 136, County Clerk’s Office, Benton, Arkansas; FHL microfilm 1287320. 6 Elrod Lineage Charts provided by Christine White Terry. 7 Saline County Marriage Book B: 198, County Clerk’s Office, Benton, Arkansas; FHL microfilm 1287320. 8 Obituary of Alonzo Dixon, Daily Progress, Jacksonville, Texas, 2 March 1932; copy in possession of the author. 9 Elrod Lineage Charts provided by Christine White Terry. 10 Saline County Marriage Book C: 15, County Clerk’s Office, Benton, Arkansas; FHL microfilm 1287320.


Unfortunately, following these happy events was the occurrence of the first of many sad times to come. The third daughter of John and Catharine, Isabella Catharine Dickson, died on 22 June 1860.11 She was sixteen years old. The following year, things happened which changed this family forever. On 6 May 1861, Arkansas seceded from the Union. In August of that year, John and Catharine’s oldest son William joined Company E of the Saline Guards for two months’ service.12 In early 1862 he re-enlisted in Company F, First Arkansas Infantry.13 Sometime in January or February of 1862, their youngest son, George N. Dickson, and their son-in-law, Thomas Jefferson Elrod, joined Company B of the 25th Arkansas Infantry.14 During this same time another of their sons-in-law, William Shepherd, joined Company A of the 11th Arkansas Infantry.15 William was the husband of their second daughter, Martha J. Dickson. On 30 June 1862, the remaining son of John and Catharine, James Monroe Dickson, joined Company D, Hawthorne’s Regiment, Arkansas Infantry.16 Now John and Catharine Dickson had three sons and two sons-in-law serving in the war. No matter which side of this terrible war one was on, 11 Dorris Reeves Barber (Mrs. W. Bernard Barber), Saline County Cemeteries, Provincia De La Sal Chapter NSDAR, 1986, 3: 20, Lee Cemetery, Isabella Catharine Dickeson entry. 12 William A. Dixon, compiled military service record (private, Co. I, Crawford’s Company First (Fagan’s) Arkansas Infantry) [this company subsequently became Co. E, First (Colquitt’s) Arkansas Infantry]; Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, Arkansas, National Archives [hereafter NA] microfilm M317, roll 47. 13 William Dickson, compiled military service record (private, Company I, First (Colquitt’s) Arkansas Infantry); Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, Arkansas, NA microfilm M317, roll 47. 14 George W. [sic] Dixon, compiled military service record (private, Company B, 25th Arkansas Infantry), and Thomas J. Elrod, compiled military service record (private, Company B, 25th Arkansas Infantry), Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, Arkansas, NA microfilm M317, roll 185. 15 W. S. Shepherd, compiled military service record (Company A, 11th Arkansas Infantry), Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, Arkansas, NA microfilm M317, roll 121. 16 J. M. Dickson, compiled military service record (private, Company D, Cocke’s Regiment, Arkansas Infantry), Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, Arkansas, NA microfilm M317, roll 244; see also William P. Dixon, “Hard Lot: James M. Dickson’s Struggle to Survive the Civil War,” Appendix in Anne Dixon Bryant, Dixon Family History: From North Carolina to Arkansas, privately printed, 2006, 210-211; and Anthony C. Rushing, Along the Road to Glory, Saline County History and Heritage Society, 1985.


it is agreed that it was a very trying time for all involved. Not only were the soldiers suffering from disease, injury, hunger, and inclement weather, with many making the ultimate sacrifice, but their families were suffering with hardship and grief as well. Letters from the sons and one son-in-law of John and Catharine have provided a glimpse of what it was like. William Dickson wrote about having had the measles.17 James Monroe Dickson wrote to say he had no good news to write about the war. He said he would send them all “a ballad about us poor conscripts and you will see what we have to do…”18 Both George Dickson and Thomas J. Elrod wrote about being on the steamer Okaw Belle when it sank on the White River on 10 March 1862.19 Four men in Company B of the 25th Arkansas drowned in that incident. George and Thomas were lucky to be survivors. Both also wrote about how much sickness there was in the camp. In a letter to his wife dated 8 March 1862, Thomas Elrod wrote:

O hon, I would like to see you all very bad but don’t know when I will ever see you. Harriet Ann I want you to do the very best you can. I will know what I will do in a minute or two. Well the boat came and we could not get on it. I wish we could for our fare is pretty rough. We haven’t got anything hardly to cook out of nor not mush to cook.

On 24 April 1862, Thomas Elrod wrote telling his wife he was not well and that the boat he had been on ran up on a sand bar and was stuck all night. Eventually they got off but he wrote:

The weather was very cold. I never slept hardly any and was scared so bad that I could not eat. It made one third of the men that was on here sick and one man died since we got off.

He went on to say that he was feeling bad and his fever was pretty high. He wrote more about the war in general and then he said:

17 Letter from William Dickson to Thomas and Harriett Elrod, 13 October 1861; copy in possession of the author. 18 Letter from James Monroe Dickson to Patrick and Jane Scott, his sister-in-law and her husband, dated 20 June 1863; copy in possession of the author. 19 www.Couchgenweb.com/civilwar/25thfs&o.htm accessed 21 February 2008.


Hon, I feel very bad now. If it is just the chill I won’t have to go to the hospital but if it is measles I expect I will have to go there. It is so far home. There would not be any chance to come home I guess.

Then he told her he felt so bad that he could no longer write. The most devastating part of the war was, of course, the loss of loved ones. John and Catharine had more than their share. William Dickson fought in the Battle of Shiloh, in the area known as the Hornet’s Nest, and was killed at 4 p.m. on 6 April 1862.20 Two weeks later, Thomas J. Elrod was hospitalized with measles and pneumonia. He finally succumbed to camp fever on 1 June 1862, in Panola, Mississippi.21 William Shepherd died as a prisoner of war at Camp Douglas, near Chicago, Illinois, on 5 July 1862.22 George Dickson died in Walker’s Division Hospital at Shubuta, Mississippi. His service record gives 23 Nov 1863 as his death date, but the Family Bible records his death as 21 August 1863. It is not known for sure whether he died of injury or illness, but his unit, the 25th Arkansas, was engaged in battle at Jackson, Mississippi, in July of 1863.23 Even when the son was not killed but taken prisoner instead, the family most surely suffered over the uncertainty of his fate. James Monroe Dickson was captured at the Battle of Helena on 4 July 1863. His wife wrote in her Bible, “The 4th day of July 1863 is long to be remembered by me. Oh what a sad day.” He remained a prisoner of war until he was released on 7 March 1865.24 Even after he was freed, life was hard. A dishonest official stole the money he was supposed to have received to pay for transportation after he was let off the boat at New Orleans. Since he had no money, walking was his only option. He walked to Texarkana but got a ride from there to Benton. He arrived home suffering from extreme fatigue and malnutrition, from which it took a full year to recover.25

20 Dixon, “Hard Lot”, Dixon Family History, p. 210. 21 Letter from George Roots to George Elrod dated 1 June 1862; copy in possession of the author. 22 W. S. Shepherd, compiled military record (private, Company A, 11th Arkansas Infantry), NA microfilm 317, roll 121. 23 Dixon Family Bible; Dixon, Dixon Family History, p. 210. 24 Dixon, “Hard Lot”, Dixon Family History, p. 225 25 Margaret Dixon Anderson interview of her father, William Paisley Dixon, who was a son of James Monroe Dickson.


In the short time from 1860 to 1865, John and Catharine Dickson lost two sons, two sons-in-law, one daughter and one granddaughter. The first-born daughter of James Monroe Dickson and Margaret Amanda Nelson, Martha J., was born 3 March 1862, and the family records say she died at about age two or two and a half years, which would have been in 1864. John and Catharine also spent almost two years knowing their only remaining son, James Monroe Dickson, was in prison and worrying about his condition and whether or not he would survive. John apparently struggled to keep his farm going without any help. The Saline County tax records from 1854 through 1860 show he had horses and cattle as well as acreage. In 1861 he was still taxed on land, but no horses or cattle were listed. In 1865 he once again had one horse and three cattle listed. By 1866 he was apparently in financial trouble because he borrowed money from several men and women in the Saline County area.26 It is not known if the stress and grief endured during the war was a contributing factor or not, but with his dream of the good life in Arkansas gone, John Turner Dickson died on 18 October 1867 at the age of fifty-eight. Catharine, however, managed to survive all the misery plus a lengthy and troublesome probate of John’s property. She lived until 15 September 1892, dying at age eighty-four.

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Thomas Dickson was born in Ireland in 1761 and died 9 April 1826. He married Ann Turner on 30 May 1793, in Orange County, North Carolina.27 Ann was born 4 December 1771 and died in 1851.28 The children of Thomas and Ann were:29 Matty Dickson, born 27 January 1795 26 Saline County Loose Probate Records, County Clerk’s Office, Benton, Arkansas; Saline County Records, Rolls 68 and 69, Arkansas History Commission, Little Rock, Arkansas; these films are FHL microfilms 987512 and 987513; John T. Dickson’s probate file spans the two films. 27 Ann Dickson file, no. W3963, Revolutionary War Pension Applications; NA microfilm M805, roll 270; Ingmire, Frances T., Orange County North Carolina Marriage Records 1782-1868, Volume I: A-F, p. 45. 28 Letter from Fay Hempstead to the Commissioner of Pensions, 22 September 1898, Ann Dickson Revolutionary War pension file. 29 Pages from Thomas Dickson Family Bible, Ann Dickson Pension file.


Mary Dickson, born 24 December 1796 Ann Dickson, born 23 January 1799 James Dickson, born 4 March 1801 and died 29 May 1802 Margaret (Peggy) Dickson, born 16 January 1803 and died after 188030 Hannah Dickson, born 1 April 1805 Elizabeth (Betsey) Dickson, born 22 July 1807 and died after 183631 John Turner Dickson, born 13 September 1809 and died 18 October 1867 Thomas Dickson, born 20 May 1813 John Turner Dickson, the son of Thomas Dickson and Ann Turner, was born 13 September 1809 in North Carolina and died 18 October 186732 in Arkansas. He married Catharine Allen on 7 February 1832 in Orange County, North Carolina. She was born 6 October 1808 and died 15 September 1892.33 The children of John and Catharine were:34 William A. Dickson, born 2 December 1832 and died 6 April 1862 James Monroe Dickson, born 4 January 1835 and died 13 January 1918 Harriett Ann Dickson, born 4 February 1837 and died 21 July 1913 George N. Dickson, born 15 December 1838 and died 21 August 1863 Martha J. Dickson, born 8 March 1842 and died 7 December 1872

Isabella Catharine Dickson, born 4 February 1844 and died 22 June 1860 Margaret E. Dickson, born 4 December 1846 and died November 1913 Sarah Frances Dickson, born 20 September 1851 and died 12 January 1938

30 Edwin R. Dixon household, 1880 U.S. Census, Alamance County, North Carolina, population schedule, Graham township, ED 6, p. 79C, dwelling and family 381; NA microfilm T9, roll 950. Ancestry.com has indexed Edwin’s surname as Dixen. 31 Register of Orange County, North Carolina Deeds, arranged by date, North Carolina State Archives, Roll C.073, November 1836. 32 John Dickson tombstone, Pine Grove Cemetery, Sweet Home, Pulaski County, Arkansas. 33 Ibid., Catharine Dickson tombstone. 34 Dixon Family Bible, Family Record.


CHARTER MEMBERSHIP OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF RUSSELLVILLE, ARKANSAS

29 JANUARY 1882

Submitted by Robert R. Edwards [email protected]

The following is a verbatim transcription of the record of the organizational meeting of the Christian Church of Russellville, Arkansas, on 29 January 1882. The original document is handwritten on ledger book pages and is in the files of the First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), 103 S. Boston Ave., Russellville, Arkansas 72801.

Elders S. R. Ezzell and G. W. Harkey, who participated in the

meeting, were already preaching at several Christian churches in the area.1 Harkey joined the new Russellville congregation during this meeting and is listed in the report as charter member number 5.

The Christain [sic] Church Russellville, Ark.

Jany 29/82

The Brothers & Sisters met at the Masonic Hall on the 29 day of

Jany At night 1882 To organize Christain [sic] Congregation, S. R. Ezzell being present. Where oppon Lot were Cast for Elders and Fell on J. M. Yancey and T. C. Yourk. Lot Were Then Cast for Deatons [sic] and Fell on J. L. Shinn and J. S. Church Who Were Duly Ordained by Elds S. R. Ezzell and G. W. Harkey and Received Lectures and admonisions Ever to Walk and act as Such. J. M. Harkey was Then apointed Secretary and Treasurer.

1 Lester G. McAllister, Arkansas Disciples: A History of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in Arkansas (Nashville, Tennessee: Disciples of Christ Historical Society, 1984), 43, 57.

Russellville Christian Church Charter Membership 89

The Congregation Consists of The Following names J. M. Yancey, Elder 1 T. C. Yourk, Elder 2 J. L. Shinn, Deaton 3 J. S. Church, Deaton 4 G. W. Harkey 5 Mrs L. J. Yourk 6 Mrs Martha Shinn 7 Miss L. M. Church 8 Mrs M. A. Yancey 9 T. H. Elgin 10 J. M. Harkey 11 Mrs E. P. Harkey 12 Miss Alice P. Harkey 13 W. J. Maple 14 Mrs Mariah Maple 15 Mrs Fanny Wadsworth 16 A. F. Church 17 J. Willis Shinn 18 Mrs Emmy Shinn 19 W. H. Allison 20 Mrs Martha Luker 21 Mrs Louise W. Cooper 22 Mrs Ginny Scott 23 J. M. Shinn 24 Mrs Julia A. Shinn 25 Miss Mary L. Shinn 26 Ed Shinn 27 Charlie Shinn 28 James H. Shinn 29

Mrs Bessie Shinn 30 Josiah H. Shinn 31 Mrs Minnie C. Shinn 32 Miss Maggie Williams 33 Miss Mattie Quinn 34 Mrs Mary J. Ewton 35 James H. Battenfeld 36 Mrs E. A. Battenfeld 37 Miss Dora Harkey 38 " Lucy Harkey 39 R. L. Harkey 40 J. P. Ewton 41 J. J. Burton 42 Mary M. Alison 43 M. Scottie Harkey 44 Stellie Yancey 45 W. T. Yourk 46 C. F. Yourk 47 J. W. Pruitt 48 Mrs M. M. Pruitt 49 W. E. Pruitt 50 Mrs M. Battenfeld 51 " N. A. McCalister 52 " A. C. Jones 53 " E. F. Judd 54 Jesse Vick 55 Rueben M. Harkey 56 Mrs Hood 57


Charter Members of the Christian Church of Russellville

JOHN M. (J. M.) AND MARGARET ANNA (M. A.) YANCEY

GEORGE W. (G. W.) HARKEY BESSIE SHINN

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THE DREW COUNTY ADVANCE (WEEKLY)

MONTICELLO, ARKANSAS NEWSPAPER OBITUARIES AND DEATH NOTICES

5 JUNE 1894–26 DECEMBER 1899 Part II

Transcribed by Tommy Carter [email protected]

This index includes obituaries, death notices, memorials, tributes,

resolutions of respect, and anything concerning administration or guardianship of an estate printed in the weekly Drew County Advance printed on Tuesdays. The newspapers abstracted for this index are accessible on microfilm at the Arkansas History Commission and State Archives in Little Rock. They are filed under Monticello newspapers, Drew County Advance Weekly, Rolls 1 & 2. Very few issues are missing from the microfilm.

The Monticellonian was the other weekly newspaper published in Monticello in the same time period. It may contain the death notice for your person of interest if you do not find it in the Advance.

Each entry begins with the name of the deceased, followed by the date, page, and column of the newspaper, plus date of death and any descriptive information provided in the article.

Martin, E. Wray, 5 January 1897, p. 2, col. 3; former editor of the Sunday Truth of Pine Bluff died at home in that city 29 Dec 1896

Lephiew, H. H., 12 January 1897, p. 3, col. 6; one of oldest citizens of Drew County died at his home in Baxter last week, age about 80

Trantham, Marion, 12 January 1897, p. 3, col. 6; killed by Mrs. Ennis’ boy last Monday morning; lived several miles north of this city

Farish, R. S., 2 February 1897, p. 3, col. 4; Administrator’s Sale, D. C. Burford, Administrator

Owens, Wycliffe, 2 February 1897, p. 3, col. 4; little son of Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Owens died 25 Jan 1897, buried in New Cemetery on 26th

Roper, H., 9 February 1897, p. 3, col. 5; Notice, W. H. Roper, Administrator of H. Roper, deceased


Cavaness, J. H., 9 February 1897, p. 3, col. 5; Notice, S. J. Matthews, curator of J. H. Cavaness heirs

Dearmon, D. F., 9 February 1897, p. 3, col. 5; Notice, J. I. Dunlap, curator of D. F. Dearmon’s heirs

Steadman, G. D., 9 February 1897, p. 3, col. 5; Notice, R. F. Hyatt & R. C. Knox, Administrators of G. D. Steadman, deceased

Swift, Annie Mae, 9 February 1897, p. 3, col. 5; Notice, R. F. Hyatt, curator of estate

Tomlin, W. I., 9 February 1897, p. 3, col. 5; Notice, L. W. Wilson, Administrator of W. I. Tomlin estate

Wells, James Knox Polk, 23 February 1897, p. 3, col. 6; known as J. K. or Jim; died 16 February 1897; born 1844 in Tenn., moved to Ark. in 1853; fought with 1st Arkansas; buried New Cemetery last Wednesday with K. of P. honors; leaves wife, five children and granddaughter Thursa Cotham of this city

Walker, Sallie, 9 March 1897, p. 3, col. 5 & 6; Notice: Chas. T. Duke, Administrator, to sell lands to pay debts

Jones, Roy, 30 March 1897, p. 2, col. 7; son of John T. and Fannie L. Jones died at home 19 March 1897, age one year and one month

Ragland, J. H., 30 March 1897, p. 2, col. 7; one of Drew County’s oldest citizens of near Green Hill died last week

Tardy, Lizzie A., 11 May 1897, p. 3, col. 4; daughter of Dr. W. F. and Martha A. Bessellieu of this city died of typhoid fever at Lockhart, Tex., 4 April 1897, age 37

Wilson, Pat, 15 June 1897, p. 3, col. 6-7; killed at home at Tillar Saturday by wife with hammer when he tried to kill her

Berryman, Ina, 22 June 1897, p. 3, col. 6; In Memoriam: only child of Mr. and Mrs. L. K. Berryman died 7 June 1897; born 26 September 1895; signed Grandma

Duncan, S. T., 22 June 1897, p. 3, col. 6; Notice: Mattie Duncan, administrator of estate of S. T. Duncan, deceased

Evans, Tanor, 22 June 1897, p. 3, col. 6; Notice: Chas. H. Harding, administrator of estate of Tanor Evans, deceased


Ford, W. D., 22 June 1897, p. 3, col. 6; Notice: W. T. Wells, administrator of estate of W. D. Ford, deceased

Harper, Ed., 22 June 1897, p. 3, col. 6; Notice: Book Harper, administrator of estate of Ed. Harper, deceased

Prosper, Jordan, 22 June 1897, p. 3, col. 6; Notice: T. F. Tillar, administrator of estate of Jordan Prosper, deceased

Taylor, R. H., 22 June 1897, p. 3, col. 6; Notice: J. G. Taylor, administrator of estate of R. H. Taylor, deceased

Whiting, C. L. S., 22 June 1897, p. 3, col. 6; Notice: F. A. Whiting, administrator of estate of C. L. S. Whiting, deceased

Henry, W. L., 29 June 1897, p. 3, col. 6; Notice: Mrs. B. A. Henry, guardian of W. L. Henry heirs

Breedlove, James, 29 June 1897, p. 3, col. 5; farm hand hanged himself in Mr. Eli Rogers' barn; son of Ransom Breedlove

Abston, Mirl, 6 July 1897, p. 2, col. 4; In Memoriam: died 21 March 1897, age seven months; leaves father, mother, two little sisters and a brother

Bennett, Mrs. R. C., 6 July 1897, p. 2, col. 4; In Memoriam: consort of R. C. Bennett died Wednesday; buried New Cemetery by Rev. O. E. Goddard Thursday; leaves husband, six children and several grandchildren

Crook, Iva, 6 July 1897, p. 2, col. 4; In Memoriam: infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. B. W. Crook died 29 June 1897 of erysipelas

Haynes, Mrs. J. L., 6 July 1897, p. 2, col. 4-5; born December 1840 in Tippah County, Miss.; moved to Tenn. at early age; moved to Ark. December 1858; married J. L. Haynes 1860; leaves five sons and three daughters; three sons and husband predeceased her

Hogue, Johnnie, 6 July 1897, p. 2, col. 4; In Memoriam: little son of Mr. and Mrs. George Hogue died 23 June 1897 near Garnett; leaves father, mother, little sisters

Beard, Dr. L. B., 10 August 1897, p. 3, col. 4; shot and killed by J. M. Muse at Yorktown near Star City last week


Beasley, Lee, 10 August 1897, p. 3, col. 5; alias Jim Smiley, wanted in Amite Co., Miss. for murdering Julie Jenkins in 1894, shot by Deputy Sheriff H. H. Peacock and son Jesse; died in Drew County jail yesterday

McQuabe, William, 10 August 1897, p. 3, col. 4; shot and killed by Paul Horton near Fordyce Friday

Lockhart, Oscar, 17 August 1897, p. 2, col. 3; son of Dr. G. N. Lockhart of Morrell murdered by Deputy Sheriff Merriweather 11 August

Bennett, Pat, 24 August 1897, p. 2, col. 3; youngest son of late William Bennet found dead 11 August at Columbia, La.; body sent here; funeral from R. C. Bennett home Friday the 20th; burial at Rough and Ready Cemetery; leaves mother, sister, several brothers

Hall, Etta, 24 August 1897, p. 3, col. 4; wife of Mr. A. B. Hall and eldest daughter of Capt. C. L. Burks died 16 August 1897 of congestion; services at residence of Rev. S. C. Alexander; buried New Cemetery on Tuesday

Williams, Ed., 24 August 1897, p. 2, col. 5; rapist killed three miles west of Baxter by sheriff and party

Jones, Maj. A. C., 31 August 1897, p. 2, col. 4; Resolutions of Respect passed by the Warren Bar

Williams, Ed., 31 August 1897, p. 4, col. 1; killed at Baxter by officers last Sunday

Harrison, Pamelia Martha, 7 September 1897, p. 2, col. 4; wife of Judge Wm. M. Harrison died at home in Pine Bluff; born 15 June 1830 to Mr. and Mrs. Wm. M. Fairchild at Hines Co., Miss.; married 19 November 1848; moved to Pine Bluff from Monticello in 1868; leaves husband, children John O. of Fayetteville, Wm. M. Jr. of Ind. Terr., Mrs. C. H. Owens of this city, Berry C. of Washington, James of this city; Charles died as infant; Mrs. Lizzie Knox wife of S. Y. T. Knox died 1878; copied from Pine Bluff Commercial

Hughes, Jerre M., 7 September 1897, p. 2, col. 5; foremost farmer and citizen crushed to death by timber; born in Murry [sic] Co., Tenn.; married Joanna Hankins 21 December 1882; leaves wife, two sons, three daughters; buried Wells burying ground four miles west of Monticello, Rev. O. E. Goddard officiating


Bennett, 12 October 1897, p. 3, col. 4; infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Bennett died at Argenta; buried in Rogers Burying Ground at Rough and Ready near this city

Cotham, Jack, 12 October 1897, p. 3, col. 3; infant son of Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Cotham died 8 October 1897; buried in New Cemetery Saturday morning by Rev. O. E. Goddard

Prewitt, Thad., 26 October 1897, p. 2, col. 5; old time friend and schoolmate died at Hickory Valley, Tenn.

Gates, Darthula, 2 November 1897, p. 3, col. 4; eldest daughter of Mrs. Laura Gates died at Tillar 26 October 1897; buried at Selma on 27th; service by Rev. O. E. Goddard of this city

Knox, Dorothy, 2 November 1897, p. 3, col. 4; little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jas. C. Knox of this city died of flux Sunday; buried in New Cemetery Sunday afternoon by Rev. O. E. Goddard of M. E. Church

Sain, Loraine, 2 November 1897, p. 3, col. 4; died 29 October 1897 of swamp fever at Wilmar; aged about twenty years; remains shipped to Winchester Saturday for burial

Burks, Charles G., 9 November 1897, p. 2, col. 5; died 1 November 1897; buried New Cemetery on Tuesday with K. of P. honors; leaves wife, children, father and other relatives

Gates, Darthula, 9 November 1897, p. 2, col. 4; died 29 October 1897, age 21; Tribute signed D. C. Carroll, Tillar, Ark., 1 Nov. ’97

Knox, Dorothy, 9 November 1897, p. 2, col. 4; died 31 October 1897; 1 y, 5 mos., 12 days; daughter of J. C. & Effie Knox; by Grandma

Harris, Richard, 23 November 1897, p. 3, col. 4; died 18 November 1897; Negro brakeman on the St. L., I. M. & S. killed at Winchester while coupling cars

Wright, Miss Jeanette, 30 November 1897, p. 3, col. 4; died 27 November 1897 in Pine Bluff; born 14 September 1867; leaves father, mother, sister Mabel; buried New Cemetery Sunday

Allen, Claude, 7 December 1897, p. 3, col. 4; only son of Mr. and Mrs. William M. Allen died 1 December 1897; buried in New Cemetery


same day by Rev. S. C. Alexander of Presbyterian church; leaves father, mother, wife

Allen, Albert Jr., 14 December 1897, p. 3, col. 4; died 3 December 1897 of swamp fever, age about 20; brother of Prof. John Allen of Wilmar; was a student at Drew Normal institute

Wright, Jeannette, 14 December 1897, p. 2, col. 4; died 27 November 1897; Resolutions of Condolence: Monticello Home Forum Lodge; signed Miss Blanche Matthews, Mrs. C. A. Welsh, Mrs. A. M. Bell

Owens, Walter C., 14 December 1897, p. 2, col. 4; died Wednesday ` December 1897 at Kansas City; many years resident of Pine Bluff; Assistant manager of Ashland Hotel, KC; age 44; eldest of five children of who four now survive; copied from Pine Bluff Press Eagle; Advance added: native of this city, large number of relatives in this county

Penix, John W., 28 December 1897, p. 3, col. 5; Notice, Estate of John W. Penix; C. G. Davis, Administrator

Harris, John, 4 January 1898, p. 2, col. 4; shot from ambush and killed in December near Selma

Jones, Bob, 4 January 1898, p. 2, col. 4; killed at Collins last week by deputy sheriffs Henry Childress and Louis Messenger

Killian, Henry E., 4 January 1898, p. 3, col. 5; died 17 December 1897 at Parkdale of malarial rheumatism; buried there

Merriweather, Jim, 4 January 1898, p. 2, col. 4; shot and killed 19 December 1897 at Parkdale by deputy sheriff Frank Barnes; he was the murderer of Oscar Lockhart at Morrell in August 1897

Sowers, Mrs. John T., 4 January 1898, p. 3, col. 5; daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Oslin died at parents’ residence last Friday, 29 December 1897; of Terrell, Tex.; here for parents’ 50th wedding anniversary; buried at Handley Burial Grounds

Dollahite, Marcella G., 25 January 1898, p. 2, col. 3; died 20 December 1897, age 67; born 11 October 1830 in No. Car.; married C. C. Dollahite 19 September 1851; moved to Paris, Tenn. 1855 and to Dumas, Ark. 1871; member of M. E. Church, South; nine children, seven survive: Mesdames W. W. and M. W. Quilling, Pendleton,


Ark.; Mrs. Dr. Bowles, Miss Sallie and James Dollahite, Dumas; J. H. Dollahite, Winchester, Ark.; Mrs. John Ahrens of this city

Isom, Mrs. W. H., 25 January 1898, p. 2, col. 7; died 20 January 1898 at home near Selma; wife of Capt. W. H. Isom

Austin, R. G. S., 8 February 1898, p. 2, col. 4; died 31 January 1898 at Pine Bluff; formerly of Drew County; leaves wife and two sons

Boyd, C. M., 8 February 1898, p. 3, col. 4; Notice: E. E. Boyd, Administratrix of C. M. Boyd estate

Cavaness, J. H., 8 February 1898, p. 3, col. 4; Notice: S. J. Mathews, curator of J. H. Cavaness heirs

Daniels, Robert, 8 February 1898, p. 2, col. 4; died 2 February 1898 at home near Wilmar; buried at Andrews Chapel on the third

Davis, G. C., 8 February 1898, p. 2, col. 4; Drew County planter died 31 January 1898 at Allis of congestion; member of Murry and Davis mercantile firm at Allis

Howell, Capt. W. C., 8 February 1898, p. 2, col. 4; died 4 February 1898 at Tyler, Tex; had lived in Monticello in the fifties; moved to Pine Bluff 25 years ago; buried Pine Bluff Sunday

Ragland, J. T., 8 February 1898, p. 3, col. 4; Notice: O. P. Bond, Administrator of J. T. Ragland estate

Roane, Dr. James W., 8 February 1898, p. 2, col. 3-4; from Covington, Tenn. Leader Press: eldest son of late Dr. T. W. Roane and Mary Roane died 18 January 1898 at home of mother near Mountcarmel, buried at Clopton; late of Wilmar; had Bright’s disease; leaves wife and child

Steadman, G. D, 8 February 1898, p. 3, col. 4; Notice: R. F. Hyatt, Administrator of G. D. Steadman estate

Stokes, Wm. Riley, 8 February 1898, p. 2, col. 4; In Memoriam: from Mer Rouge Democrat; born at Henry County, Ala.; son of J. J. Stokes; reared in Drew County; married M. E. Hughes, daughter of G. W. Hughes, 12 April 1868 at French Camp, Miss.; died at home near Mer Rouge, La.; leaves wife and seven children; signed J. B. Stokes


Boyd, C. M., 15 February 1898, p. 3, col. 5; Notice: E. E. Boyd, administratrix of C. M. Boyd estate, settlement filed

Cavaness, J. H., 15 February 1898, p. 3, col. 5; Notice: S. J. Mathews, curator of J. H. Cavaness heirs, settlement filed

Ragland, J. T., 15 February 1898, p. 3, col. 5; Notice: O. P. Bond, administrator of J. T. Ragland estate, settlement filed

Steadman, G. D, 15 February 1898, p. 3, col. 5; Notice: R. F. Hyatt, administrator of G. D. Steadman estate, settlement filed

Manees, James W., 8 March 1898, p. 3, col. 4; age 72, oldest mason in county died of heart disease 1 March 1898 at home of son J. R. Manees two miles west of city; born 1825

McLaren, Claude, 8 March 1898, p. 3, col. 4; oldest son of Mrs. J. E. McLaren of this city died 2 March 1898 at Waco, Texas

Bennett, Mrs. Fannie, 15 March 1898, p. 3, col. 4; died 7 March 1898 of typhoid pneumonia at Argenta; buried in family burying ground at Rough & Ready on the 9th

Bluthenthal, Sol., 22 March 1898, p. 3, col. 4; died 11 March 1898 at Memphis; dry goods man in Monticello in the ’80s

Carter, M. V., 22 March 1898, p. 3, col. 5; Notice: Z. T. Wood, administrator of M. V. Carter estate, settlement due

Kendall, Ida, 22 March 1898, p. 3, col. 4; daughter of Mr. R. E. and Mrs. S. C. Kendall of Drew Co. died 8 February 1898

Tyler, H. W., 22 March 1898, p. 3, col. 5; Notice: J. C. Knox, administrator of H. W. Tyler estate, settlement due

Walker, Sally, 22 March 1898, p. 3, col. 5; Notice: C. T. Duke, administrator of Sally Walker estate

Wells, Rebecca A., 22 March 1898, p. 3, col. 4; wife of R. D. Wells died on Sunday morning; buried in New Cemetery Monday following service by Rev. S. C. Alexander at Presbyterian Church; leaves husband and children

Cobb, Jordan, 5 April 1898, p. 3, col. 3; shot and killed by Tom Wilson at Parkdale last week


Fort, Elias W., 5 April 1898, p. 4, col. 4; prominent planter and stock raiser of Drew county died suddenly of heart disease

Johnson, Armstead, 5 April 1898, p. 3, col. 3; killed at Phillips’ mill near Morrell by John Gillam

Lacy, Mrs. A. E., 5 April 1898, p. 3, col. 4; died at Arkansas City last week

Murphy, 5 April 1898, p. 3, col. 3; Irish peddler named Murphy was murdered in North Louisiana last week

Gear, Judge F. M., 12 April 1898, p. 2, col. 2; candidate for Attorney General died last Thursday at Russellville

Davis, Mollie E., 19 April 1898, p. 3, col. 3; wife of J. W. Davis, editor of the Arkansas City New Enterprise, died 11 April 1898 at Arkansas City

Hart, Erastus, 24 May 1898, p. 3, col. 4; son of Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Hart of Hudspeth died 18 May 1898 at Hudspeth of swamp fever; interment in this city on the 19th

Walters, Frank, 24 May 1898, p. 3, col. 3; ex-Confederate soldier and penman killed by train last week at Morrell

Hyatt, Floyd William, 7 June 1898, p. 3, col. 4; eldest son of Dr. and Mrs. D. T. Hyatt died 6 June 1898 in this city; laid to rest in family cemetery just north of city this morning

Wells, Barbara, 15 June 1898, p. 3, col. 4; died last Thursday aged in her 70s; buried in New Cemetery Friday; leaves one son and numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren

Cloud, Ella, 21 June 1898, p. 3, col. 5; daughter of W. W. and F. E. Cloud, age 6, died 17 June 1898 at Coleman; parents, five sisters, two brothers survive; one brother and one sister predeceased her

Gabbert, Melba Kathleen, 21 June 1898, p. 3, col. 5; daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Gabbert died 20 June 1898 at 13 months; buried New Cemetery

Johnson, Lee, 21 June 1898, p. 2, col. 4; fireman on train killed by train robbers at Coleman, Tex. last Thursday; son of Mrs. Edna Johnson; nephew of Mrs. E. E. Boyd, Mrs. George M. Erwin; buried at Temple city cemetery; copied from Temple Tribune


Turner, Walter, 21 June 1898, p. 3, col. 3; son of J. C. Turner drowned in the Ouachita river near El Dorado; once worked at Dermott

Gabbert, Melba Kathleen, 5 July 1898, p. 3, col. 5; In Memoriam; daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Gabbert, age 13 months, died 20 June 1898

Hyatt, Floyd Wilson, 5 July 1898, p. 3, col. 5; died 5 June 1898, age 22; Resolutions of the Monticello Baptist Sunday School

Lambert, Mrs. C. V., 12 July 1898, p. 3, col. 3; died Wednesday morning, age 74; buried in the new cemetery Thursday; leaves five sons, two daughters, and grandchildren

Scott, Judge Robert T., 12 July 1898, p. 3, col. 3; died last Sunday; born 1828 in Huntersville, Ala.; moved to Forrest City 25 years ago; leaves wife and son Frank H. Scott of Monticello; Methodist

Shelton, Nancy J., 12 July 1898, p. 3, col. 3; wife of Joseph Shelton died Thursday morning; buried in New Cemetery Thursday afternoon; leaves aged husband and children

Walker, Jim, 12 July 1898, p. 3, col. 5; died Sunday morning at depot

Gladden, Pertie, 26 July 1898, p. 3, col. 4; died at her home near Camden; had attended school here last year

Grisson-Wells, Rebeckah A., 26 July 1898, p. 3, col. 5; In Memoriam; died 20 March 1898; born 12 March 1864 in Tunica co., Miss.; came to Selma, Drew co. in 1867; married R. D. Wells 6 December 1892; lived in Cal. 1885; sons Bellfield and Travis, daughter Cora

Johnson, Alex, 26 July 1898, p. 2, col. 3; died 21 July 1898; shot by mob at Monticello jail

Redd, Jim, 26 July 1898, p. 2, col. 3; died 24 July 1898; shot by mob at Monticello jail

Penick, John W., 9 August 1898, p. 3, col. 5; Administrator's Sale: J. H. Hammock, Administrator; lands in S9, T12S, R8W

Bennett, Frank, 16 August 1898, p. 3, col. 4; died 8 August 1898; buried at Rough and Ready Cemetery on the 9th; leaves wife, son, daughter


Dicken, Charles Henry, 16 August 1898, p. 3, col. 4; little son of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Dicken died 9 August 1898 at Fountain Hill; buried in New Cemetery on 10th

Donaldson, Jas. F., 23 August 1898, p. 3, col. 5; prominent merchant died at Collins last week from Bright’s disease

Miles, Mr. Dallas, 23 August 1898, p. 3, col. 3; died 14 August 1898 in Drew Co., buried in Old Pine Cemetery on the 15th

Biggs, Jimmie, 30 August 1898, p. 3, col. 5; In Memoriam: son of Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Biggs died 16 August 1898; born June 1897

Dishongh, Merle, 6 September 1898, p. 2, col. 2; daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Dishongh of Tillar died 26 August 1898; buried at Selma Cemetery on 27th

Manees, Mrs. Z. H., 6 September 1898, p. 2, col. 2; former resident died 22 August 1898 in Memphis at home of daughter Mrs. Hafer

Dishongh, Myrrl, 13 September 1898, p. 3, col. 4; In Memoriam: daughter of J. B. and Anna Dishongh of Selma born 13 Jul 1896, died 26 August 1898

Trice, Wallace, 20 September 1898, p. 3, col. 4; son of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Trice of Collins

Cotham, E. R., 27 September 1898, p. 3, col. 4; died Saturday and buried New Cemetery Sunday morning

Cornish, Nora, 4 October 1898, p. 2, col. 3; wife of Ed Cornish and newborn infant died at Little Rock; daughter of Elbert Lambert of Dermott; leaves two-year-old daughter; Presbyterian

Cornish, Ruth, 4 October 1898, p. 2, col. 3; age 6, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Cornish

Trice, Wallace, 4 October 1898, p. 3, col. 5-6; Tribute to the Memory of Little Wallace Trice

Bassett, J. C., 11 October 1898, p. 3, col. 3; died 29 September 1898 at his home near Plantersville

Henry, F. W., 11 October 1898, p. 3, col. 5; of near Tillar; assassinated by John English


Spain, C. W., 11 October 1898, p. 3, col. 4; an old resident of this place died on Monday night of last week at his home near the depot; leaves a large family

Spencer, James Vance, 11 October 1898, p. 3, col. 3; little son of Mr. and Mrs. George Spencer died 3 October 1898 of tonsillitis; buried in the New Cemetery on the 4th

Manees, James W., 18 October 1898, p. 2, col. 5; In Memoriam: died 1 March 1898 at son James’ house; born 16 December 1825 in Rutherford co., Tenn.; married 9 April 1850 to Julia T. Shore; came to Ark. 1854, settled two miles west of Monticello; veteran of Mexican and Civil Wars; had twelve children, seven survive

Peacock, Mrs. H. H., 18 October 1898, p. 3, col. 5; died 5 October 1898 at Florence

Peacock, infant, 18 October 1898, p. 3, col. 5; son of Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Peacock of Florence born and died 5 October 1898, one of twins

Bassett, J. C., 25 October 1898, p. 3, col. 4; died 30 September 1898; tribute of Respect from Sunday School

Williams, 1 November 1898, p. 3, col. 4; cut to death last Wednesday by Bob Christmas

Cotham, E. R., 1 November 1898, p. 3, col. 5; In Memoriam by K. of H. of Monticello Lodge No. 1290

Cotham, Howard, 1 November 1898, p. 3, col. 2; little son of Mr. and Mrs. D. B. Cotham who live four miles south of city died 25 October 1898

Green, 1 November 1898, p. 3, col. 3; William Oliver, sent up for killing a man named Green at Troy, was pardoned last week

Cotham, E. R., 8 November 1898, p. 3, col. 4; Memorial Resolutions by Council of Monticello

Harris, A. E., 8 November 1898, p. 3, col. 5; Notice: E. R. Cotham, executor of A. E. Harris estate, filed settlement

Henry, F. W., 8 November 1898, p. 3, col. 5; In Memoriam by Tillar Lodge No. 3215 Knights of Honor


Herrod, J. M., 8 November 1898, p. 3, col. 3; farmer, former resident of city, died 2 November 1898, age about 58; leaves wife and several children

House, J. W., 8 November 1898, p. 3, col. 3; one of county’s oldest settlers died 5 November 1898 of swamp fever, age about 70

Lee, Pink, 8 November 1898, p. 3, col. 5; Warning Order: Pink Willis Lee and Robert Lee, heirs of Pink Lee, warned to appear

Houge, Vera, 15 November 1898, p. 3, col. 3; In Memoriam: daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Houge died 7 October 1898; “…in a better world with little brother Willie”

Thompson, Harriett R., 15 November 1898, p. 2, col. 4; widow of Hon. Wood E. Thompson died Thursday in Little Rock at home of daughter Mrs. Carroll D. Wood; buried Monticello; leaves six sons and another daughter: Roy L., Claude C., Guy, Rev. French, Earl, Fay, and Miss Ione

Wells, Sarah Gilbert, 22 November 1898, p. 2, col. 4; died 16 November 1898, age 79; born 7 November 1819; married Robert Wells 8 February 1844; leaves husband and several children; buried Green Hill cemetery Thursday

Moore, Dr. B. F., 29 November 1898, p. 3, col. 4; died 18 November 1898 at Morrell

Wells, Sarah G., 29 November 1898, p. 2, col. 3; died 16 November 1898 at home in Monticello, age 79; buried Greenhill cemetery; born 7 November 1819 at Washington, Wilkes co., Ga.; moved to Troup and then Meriwether co. where she married Robert Wells near Greenville 8 February 1844; had five children, three survive: R. T. Wells, Virginia F. White, and Georganne E. Wilson

McQuiston, Helen Ruth, 6 December 1898, p. 3, col. 4; daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. D. McQuiston died 1 December 1898

Berryman, Warden, 13 December 1898, p. 2, col. 3; died last Monday at home near Green Hill; brother Cleveland and sister Lelia

Berryman, 13 December 1898, p. 3, col. 5; accidentally shot on the 5th by his brother Robert


Rogers, Mrs. E. J., 20 December 1898, p. 3, col. 5; died 14 December 1898, buried at Rough and Ready Cemetery on the 15th

Loper, Dr. F. M., 17 January 1899, p. 2, col. 3; former resident of this city died at his home in Pine Bluff last Wednesday of meningitis; remains brought to Monticello for burial by K. of P.

Hoover, Mr. E., 31 January 1899, p. 3, col. 5; died 27 January 1899 at Arkansas City; came from Germany; buried in Jewish Cemetery in Pine Bluff on the 29th; son and daughter survive

Miles, Dallas, 14 February 1899, p. 3, col. 6; Executors' Sale: by Lambert & Wood

Massey, J. B., 21 February 1899, p. 3, col. 3; known as Josh, died 17 February 1899 at home near Barkada; buried at Andrews Chapel the 19th

Rankin, Mettie E., 28 February 1899, p. 3, col. 3; wife of N. B. Rankin died Saturday night, age 48; buried in Rough & Ready cemetery Sunday

Killian, Margaret A., 7 March 1899, p. 3, col. 4; age 64, died at home of daughter Mrs. W. R. Pope on Saturday night; buried in family cemetery at Lacey; mother of 16; eight living children: Mrs. W. R. Pope; Mrs. Bethune, Mrs. Curtis, and James H. of Snyder; Mrs. A. C. Wilfong and Mrs. E. L. Jones of Crandall, Tex.; George W. and D. Curtis of Parkdale

Binns, Henry, 11 April 1899, p. 2, col. 4; shot at dance by Dixon Trotter on Friday, died Saturday

Crook, Tilden, 11 April 1899, p. 2, col. 4; son of Mr. John Crook died 5 April 1899 at Arkansas City; buried at Scrouge Out on 6th

Harris, Will, 11 April 1899, p. 3, col. 3; died Saturday; of Scipio; buried at Scrouge Out Sunday

Carter, M. V., 18 April 1899, p. 3, col. 5; Notice: Z. T. Wood, administrator

Daniels, R. H., 18 April 1899, p. 3, col. 4; Notice: Mrs. S. C. Daniels, administratrix of estate

Davis, C. G., 18 April 1899, p. 3, col. 4; Notice: Mrs. M. A. Davis, administratrix of estate of C. G. Davis, dec'd


Davis, Willis, 18 April 1899, p. 3, col. 4; Notice: L. B. Brooks, administrator of estate of Willis Davis, dec'd

Farrish, Sarah J., 18 April 1899, p. 3, col. 5; Notice: C. L. Pickens, administrator of estate of Sarah J. Farrish, dec'd

Gammell, Chas., 18 April 1899, p. 3, col. 4; Notice: Fulton Chambers, curator of estate of Chas. Gammell, dec'd

Haynes, Mrs. M. H., 18 April 1899, p. 3, col. 5; Notice: D. M. Hardy, administrator of estate of Mrs. M. H. Haynes, dec'd

Lee, Enoch C., 18 April 1899, p. 3, col. 4; Notice: J. G. Williamson, curator of estate of Enoch C. Lee, dec'd

Lillard, Marion, 18 April 1899, p. 3, col. 4; L. E. York, curator of estate of Marion Lillard, dec'd

Prosper, Jordan, 18 April 1899, p. 3, col. 5; Notice: T. F. Tillar, administrator of estate of Jordan Prosper, dec'd

Tomlin, W. L., 18 April 1899, p. 3, col. 5; Notice: L. W. Wilson, administrator of estate of W. L. Tomlin, dec'd

Tyler, H. W., 18 April 1899, p. 3, col. 5; Notice: J. C. Knox, administrator of estate of H. W. Tyler, dec'd

Reep, Rachel, 25 April 1899, p. 3, col. 5; age 81, died 22 March 1899 at her daughter’s home two miles north of Plantersville, Drew co.; born 17 February 1818 Fairfield co., So. Car.; married Jonas Reep 28 July 1836; joined Presbyterian Church in Chester co., So. Car.; family moved to Drew co. in 1859; leaves six sons and two daughters

Carter, M. V., 2 May 1899, p. 3, col. 5; Notice: Z. T. Wood, administrator of estate of M. V. Carter, dec'd, filed settlement

Garner, Mrs. W. A., 2 May 1899, p. 2, col. 4; died 10 April 1899 at home at Stephens; taught for eight years at Rock Springs school

Haynes, Mrs. M. H., 2 May 1899, p. 3, col. 5; Notice: D. M. Hardy, administrator of estate of Mrs. M. H. Haynes, dec'd, filed settlement

Morris, R. T., 2 May 1899, p. 3, col. 3; brother of Mrs. A. H. Dozier died at El Dorado


Hall, Miss Elise, 16 May 1899, p. 2, col. 4; In Memoriam: died 17 April 1899, graduate of Hinemon University, teacher, eldest of three sisters

Pollard, Mrs. W. A., 16 May 1899, p. 2, col. 4; wife of W. A. Pollard died Sunday night of brain paralysis; buried at Rough and Ready Cemetery on Monday

Morris, Ruffin Tarver, 23 May 1899, p. 2, col. 4; died 19 April 1899 at home near El Dorado; born 1847 at Georgetown, Quitman co., Ga.; ex-Confederate soldier, lost arm at Richmond; went to Tex. after war, married, had daughter, wife died; went to So. Car., married Miss Laura Maxwell; moved to Union co., Ark.; leaves wife besides daughter Mrs. McCoy of Franklin, Tex.

Bland, Richard Parks, 20 June 1899, p. 3, col. 3; died 15 June 1899 at his home near Lebanon, Mo.

Biggs, H. C., 4 July 1899, p. 2, col. 3; age 84, respected citizen of Drew co. died Friday at his home ten miles southeast of this city

Peoples, Brutus, 11 July 1899, p. 3, col. 3; substantial farmer killed by lightning 6 July 1899

Smith, Squire, 11 July 1899, p. 3, col. 3; killed at Troy 5 July 1899 by McCormack who stabbed him 27 times with a knife

Lowe, John D., 8 August 1899, p. 2, col. 4; Resolutions by the Woodmen of the World

Ridgell, 8 August 1899, p. 3, col. 4; died 28 Jul 1899; age 7, accidentally killed by brother while playing with a loaded Winchester rifle six miles northeast of this city

Wood, Zeph. J. Jr., 15 August 1899, p. 3, col. 3; second son of Judge and Mrs. Z. T. Wood died last Tuesday and was buried at New Cemetery same day

Baker, “Uncle Billy,” 22 August 1899, p. 3, col. 1; died at home of his daughter Mrs. Jno. Moore in this county, age 80

Hall, J. R., 22 August 1899, p. 3, col. 4; died at home in this city 17 August 1899, buried in family lot in New Cemetery on Thursday; surviving children: Rev. John Hall in old Mexico, J. T. Hall this city, Mrs G. N. Hampton of Fordyce, Misses Maggie and Louie


Hall of this city, A. B. Hall of Morrell, William Hall of Arkadelphia, Mrs. J. F. Koonce this city, and B. A. Hall of Pine Bluff

Savage, Mr. P. K., 22 August 1899, p. 3, col. 1; died 16 August 1899; daughter Miss Mammie Savage of Portland

Welsh, Miss Ladelle, 29 August 1899, p. 3, col. 3; daughter of Mrs. C. A. Welsh and sister of Mr. J. D. Welsh died of consumption Saturday and was buried same day

Dicken, Mrs. J. J., 5 September 1899, p. 3, col. 3; died Saturday of stroke, buried Sunday at New Cemetery; eldest daughter of Mrs. E. E. Boyd; leaves husband and two children

Roddy, Mrs. Fanny, 5 September 1899, p. 3, col. 3; wife of W. D. Roddy of Portland died at home of swamp fever 28 August 1899 and was buried at New Cemetery in Monticello same day

Howell, T. P., 12 September 1899, p. 3, col. 3; former resident of this county died Tuesday at Fordyce; Mason, buried at Odd Fellows; had mercantile establishment at Selma

Stanley, Dr. J. P., 12 September 1899, p. 3, col. 3; father of Mrs. E. G. Styron of this city died 8 September 1899 at Pine Bluff; buried at Selma in Drew co. on 9th

Wells, Louise, 12 September 1899, p. 3, col. 4; baby daughter of Hon. and Mrs. H. W. Wells died 6 September 1899, interred New Cemetery on 7th

Patton, Miss Annie, 19 September 1899, p. 3, col. 3; young

Ahrens, Maude, 26 September 1899, p. 3, col. 3; age 14, died 20 September 1899, buried the 21st at New Cemetery

Dicken, Bessie Boyd, 26 September 1899, p. 3, col. 3; baby of J. J. Dicken died 23 September 1899 and was buried 24th at New Cemetery; mother recently died

Ahrens, Maude, 3 October 1899, p. 2, col. 3; Resolutions by M. E. Church Sunday School

Biggs, 3 October 1899, p. 3, col. 5; little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Biggs of Wilmar died Saturday


Kennebrew, Shultz, 3 October 1899, p. 3, col. 5; engineer on log train at Wilmar killed Tuesday by a falling log

Neal, T. B., 3 October 1899, p. 3, col. 5; merchant farmer of Lacy stabbed to death by aged farmer S. H. McElwee at Lacy Saturday

Biggs, Blanche, 10 October 1899, p. 3, col. 5; In Memoriam

Bowles, Edgar, 10 October 1899, p. 2, col. 4; killed in duel at Reedville by nephew John J. Bowles Thursday

Bowles, John J., 10 October 1899, p. 2, col. 4; killed at Reedville by uncle W. E. Bowles in duel Thursday

Bulloch, Ruth, 10 October 1899, p. 3, col. 5; In Memory: daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. R. Bulloch died 28 August 1899 at home in Baxter, age seven years and six months

Lowe, John D., 10 October 1899, p. 3, col. 5; In Memory of …by Philomathean Literary Society of Ouachita College

Owens, Jane C., 17 October 1899, p. 3, col. 5; wife of R. E. Owens died of typhoid fever at residence of son-in-law Mr. J. H. Colvert this morning; copied from Fordyce Chronicle-Enterprise

Morris, Mrs. S. J., 24 October 1899, p. 3, col. 2; died 17 October 1899 at Wilmar of erysipelas; buried at New Cemetery on the 18th

Pool, Gus, 24 October 1899, p. 3, col. 3; died at residence of J. H. Uptgrove on Friday; of Fountain Hill, Ashley co.; accidentally drank battery fluid

Daniel, R. H., 31 October 1899, p. 3, col. 5; Notice: Mrs. S. C. Daniel, administratrix of the estate of R. H. Daniel, dec'd, filed account for settlement at October term of Probate Court

Farish, Sarah J., 31 October 1899, p. 3, col. 5; Notice: C. L. Pickens, administrator of the estate of Sarah J. Farish, dec'd, filed account for settlement at October term of Probate Court

Harris, A. E., 31 October 1899, p. 3, col. 5; Notice: C. T. Harris & R. L. Hardy, executors of the estate of A. E. Harris, dec'd, filed account for settlement at October term of Probate Court


Penix, John W., 31 October 1899, p. 3, col. 5; Notice: J. H. Hammock, administrator of the estate of J. W. Penix, dec'd, filed account for settlement at October term of Probate Court

Rogers, E. Y. A., 31 October 1899, p. 3, col. 5; Notice: Mrs. J. A. Rogers, administratrix of the estate of E. Y. A. Rogers, dec'd, filed account for settlement at October term of Probate Court

Walker, Sally, 31 October 1899, p. 3, col. 5; Notice: C. T. Duke, administrator of the estate of Sally Walker, dec'd, filed account for settlement at October term of Probate Court

Williamson, Oscar, 31 October 1899, p. 3, col. 5; Notice: C. T. Harris, administrator of the estate of Oscar Williamson, dec'd, filed account for settlement at October term of Probate Court

Hart, Arthur, 7 November 1899, p. 3, col. 2; eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Hart died 2 November 1899 at Hudspeth; buried here at New Cemetery on Saturday

Wells, Wallace B., 7 November 1899, p. 2, col. 4; brother of C. F. Wells died 2 November 1899 at home in Weatherford, Tex., age 43; leaves wife (nee Harcourt), and children Spencer and Lulu; reprinted from Dermott Life

Jordan, Mrs. Jas., 28 November 1899, p. 3, col. 4; died 21 November 1899 at home of daughter Mrs. W. S. Jeter of Pine Bluff; buried here in New Cemetery

Heflin, G. H., 5 December 1899, p. 3, col. 4; age 74; died of heart failure last Wednesday at home at Barkada; member of M. E. Church, South

Connerly, J. C., 12 December 1899, p. 3, col. 3; prominent lawyer and planter of Lake Village shot and killed Saturday by A. D. Duncan, manager of Red Leaf Plantation


WASHINGTON COUNTY, ARKANSAS, MANUMISSIONS1

Transcribed by Jan Hearn Davenport [email protected]

Page 20 Know all men by these presents that I Littleberry E. Mason of Limestone County Alabama from motives of benevolence and humanity have manumitted and hereby do manumit and set free from slavery my negro woman Sally Fryer and her three female children Angelina Catherine and Frances Marion the said Sally being aged about twenty eight years and her children about eight years four years and eighteen months respectively and I do hereby give grant and release all her said children Angelina Catherine & Frances Marion unto the said Sally and her said children all my rights title and claim of in and to her person labor and service and of in and to the estate and property which she may hereafter acquire or obtain. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this thirty first day of November in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty four Witness present The words “and her said children Angeline Catherine and Frances Marion being interlined before signing. Edwin T. Atlee Littleberry E Mason Charles Gilpin City of Philadelphia, Personally appeared before me one of the Alderman of the city of Philadelphia Littleberry E Mason and acknowledged the within instrument to be his act and deed and desired the same might be Record as such. Witness my hand and seal this thirty first Day of November 1835 J Barkham Aldn The foregoing instrument of writing was deposited in my office for record on the 27 inst with the words “and her said children Angeline

1 Washington County, Arkansas, Miscellaneous Record Book 1840-1879; Arkansas History Commission, Washington County Records, roll 68, also known as MFILM County Records 5461; Family History Library microfilm 1034270.

Washington County Manumissions 111

Catherine & Frances Marion and Littleberry E Mason interlined this 28 day of May 1841. B H Pierson Clerk & Ex off Received in the office for recording deeds etc for the City & county of Philadelphia in Miscellaneous Book A.M. No 2 page 337 etc Witness my hand and seal of office this 31st day of October A D 1835 A McCarahir Keel

Page 91 For and in consideration of the love and affection of my wife for my little negro girl (a slave) named Celia about two years of age I do by these presents henceforth and forever give to said Celia her liberty and freedom and in caution for the happiness and interest of the said Celia and through fear of some mistake mishap or accident I now hereby firmly bind myself heirs and representatives forever in accordance with this indenture of emancipation In testimony whereof witness my hand and seal this 26th day of January AD 1846 Thomas B. Ballard seal Witness Charles J Baylor State of Arkansas County of Washington Be it remembered that on this day personally appeared before me clerk of the circuit court in and for the county aforesaid the above named Thos B Ballard and after being duly sworn acknowledged that he executed the foregoing indenture for the purposes and consideration therein expressed and set forth and the same to be his hand and seal In testimony whereof I as clerk as aforesaid do hereby set my hand and office the seal of said court this 27th day of May AD 1846. J C Pittman clerk


Page 203 Know all men by these presents that whereas my late husband in his life time, to wit, on the 24th day of May 1851 by a certain instrument in writing of the above date and which is duly filed and recorded in the Recorders office of the County of Washington in the State of Arkansas did provide and stipulate that if his servant Tom should serve his Mistress well during her life and pay his legal heirs the sum of four hundred dollars then the said Tom should be “freed and acquitted from the bonds of a servant by his compliance with the laws of the State of Arkansas” Now therefore I, Catherine Marrs widow of the late Isaac Marrs now deceased in consideration of the premises and also in consideration of the sum of one hundred dollars to me in hand paid by the said negro boy Tom who was a slave for life and the property of my said husband, late deceased , do hereby forever manumit, emancipate and forever release all the right, title, interest and claim I have to the said Tom to his own use. The said Tom having faithfully served me and made full satisfaction for the service due me from him during his lifetime. Given under my hand and seal this 29th day of October A.D. 1855, her Catherine x Marrs Signed sealed and delivered in the presence of us mark Galin M Kinney Wm. H. Marrs State of Arkansas Washington County Be it remembered that on the 2nd day of November AD 1855 at the County aforesaid personally came and appeared the within named Catherine Marrs to me personally well known and the contents of the foregoing instrument being by me first duly read and explained to her she declared that she voluntarily executed and delivered the same for the uses purposes and consideration therein expressed and desired the same to be certified which I now accordingly do. Given my hand as an acting and duly commissioned Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid this day and year above written Sims Dearing J.P. Filed & Recorded 3rd November 1855 T.R. Smith clerk & ex officio Recorder

Hempstead County Voter List 1868 113

HEMPSTEAD COUNTY, ARKANSAS, VOTER LIST – 1868 MOSCO PRECINCT AND COLUMBUS PRECINCT

Transcribed by Gloria Futrell

In 1868 Hempstead County registered voters in eight precincts. The

lists for two of those precincts are printed here. The source is the Register of Legal Voters of Hempstead County, State of Arkansas, 1868, in the Circuit Clerk’s Office, Hope, Arkansas. The register is filmed on Family History Library microfilm 1007496.

These voter lists consist of two columns in which the registrant was to sign in the left column and the registrar wrote the name again to the right. Many of the registrants marked with an X and the registrar signed their name for them, and then wrote the name again in the other column. Others signed their own names, but there are often discrepancies between the signatures and what the registrar wrote to the right. In that case an attempt has been made to print the signature here. The persons registering to vote were affirming that, if they had taken the Oath of Allegiance to the Constitution of the United States during the Civil War, they did not afterward aid the Confederacy in any way. Some of Mosco precinct, or Missouri township, became part of Nevada County in 1871. Columbus precinct appears to correspond to Saline township, some of which went to Howard County in 1873.

Mosco Precinct

September 10, 1868

George Williams 52 Farmer James Glenn 34 Farmer Peter Glenn 25 Farmer Frank Jones 37 Farmer Loyd Marryett 46 Farmer Gabe McKillion 37 Farmer Christian Willson 42 Farmer Scott Jones 61 Farmer Nelson Hanagan 56 Farmer John Willson 60 Farmer Isaac Glenn 23 Farmer James Primus 43 Farmer John Willson 24 Farmer Berry Smith 33 Farmer

John Hamilton 38 Farmer Cimon Snell 50 Farmer Daniel Stroops 28 Farmer Hampton Willey 25 Farmer Eliza Draper 24 Farmer Walker Phillips 30 Farmer Scilus Primus 35 Farmer Jake Black 25 Farmer Richard Phillips 23 Farmer Monro Vaughn 33 Farmer Charls Wright 27 Farmer Parker Simmons 70 Farmer Ruben Webb 23 Farmer Thomas Johnson 31 Farmer William Angden 25 Farmer John Johnson 36 Farmer


Wiley Gill 51 Farmer Billey Taylor 55 Farmer Henry Johnson 42 Farmer A. E. McGuire 27 Farmer Edmon Vaughn 33 Farmer Moses Thomas 25 Farmer Gad Arnol 24 Farmer Jack Gipson 51 Farmer Antney Bell 23 Farmer Monro Lacefield 26 Farmer Jeremiah Pittman 36 Farmer James R. Pollock 22 Farmer G. W. McCain 40 Farmer Leonard Wilson 43 Farmer R. O. Pollock 53 Farmer William Taylor 27 Farmer James R Norton 45 Farmer Sam Johnson 22 Farmer L. B. Clark 28 Farmer Crofford Andrews 45 Farmer Joshaway Huse 22 Farmer George Blanchit 40 Farmer Milton Cravens 29 Farmer B. D. Hicks 37 Farmer Burrell Jones 62 Farmer John D. Stone 23 Farmer Carroll W. Stone 33 Farmer K. T. Wilson 38 Farmer J. T. Stewart 22 Farmer Jim Scott 36 Farmer George Smith 23 Farmer Henry Williams 24 Farmer Asberry Warren 29 Farmer Thomas Vaughn 23 Farmer W. A. Snell 21 Farmer Thomas R. Burns 40 Farmer Lewis Borden 41 Farmer James Bate 43 Farmer Samuel Roe 73 Farmer Thomas B. Carlton 55 Farmer H. C. Carlton 22 Farmer L. M. Richardson 41 Farmer John Billingsley 55 Farmer F. M. Price 30 Farmer Jno. W. Thompson 45 Farmer

October 15, 1868

David Brister 56 Farmer Howell McCollum 50 Farmer Robert Formby 22 Farmer Henry Black 41 Farmer John Henry Hawkins

29 Farmer

Joseph Jas Pagan 47 Farmer F. C. Tribbe 38 Farmer T. R. Livingston 41 Farmer P. G. Dewoody 35 Farmer J. J. Mayes 48 Farmer W. H. Baird 38 Farmer Jno S. Ward 66 Farmer Robert Sanders 49 Carpenter John Dewoody 30 Farmer F. M. McGlamery 47 Farmer J. H. Murphy 47 Mechanic T. W. Anderson 44 Farmer

October 16, 1868

Cimon Emerson 23 Farmer W. G. Billingsley 46 Farmer Robert Gleghorn 54 Farmer W. E. Arnold 28 Physician R. N. Crank 26 Farmer Wm Callaway 23 Farmer Jessie Newton 36 Farmer

October 17, 1868

Carroll Williams 23 Farmer Therodor Warren 24 Farmer Linza Stamps 35 Farmer Jacob Gillmore 35 Farmer Charles Hill 26 Farmer Wallis Johnson 21 Farmer Dandridge Reed 25 Farmer John Green 56 Farmer John C. Billingsley 52 Farmer James M. Yancy 52 Teacher James Tompson 56 Farmer J. H. Compton 23 Farmer James S. Howard 42 Farmer Mark Morrow 50 Farmer


J. H. Jones 21 Farmer W. V. Howard 28 Farmer Dick Kent 34 Farmer Sampson Williams 24 Farmer A. D. Wren 26 Farmer James C. Smith 23 Farmer E. A. Riddels 35 Farmer J. W. Vickers 38 Miller M. C. Hatfield 44 Farmer R. W. Raiford 24 Farmer James H. Peyton 43 Farmer

October 20, 1868

James J. Vickers Jr. 36 Farmer F. E. Goodwyn 45 Farmer James J. Vickers Sr.

62 Farmer

J. Timberlake 34 Farmer D. C. Tyree 41 Farmer A. B. Nelson 52 Farmer T. J. Nelson 21 Farmer G. W. Price 31 Farmer William Burlison 21 Farmer D. A. Moncrief 32 Farmer William Alexander 25 Farmer J. A. Stevenson 33 Farmer Henry T. Vaughn 25 Farmer Stephen Green 24 Farmer Bosom Warren 22 Farmer W. A. Moreland 36 Farmer

Jonathan Black 62 Farmer A. B. McCollum 50 Farmer Daniel Tyree 24 Farmer J. B. Tyree 24 Farmer J. J. Tyree 32 Farmer J. H. Ward 34 Farmer Henry McKilliam 40 Farmer Frances M. McCain 21 Farmer Alfred Eaves 54 Mechanic

October 21, 1868

Stephen Arnold 68 Farmer H. D. Warren 30 Farmer John Vaughn 55 Farmer A. W. Carson 34 Farmer T. W. Williams 21 Farmer Sam Cowhorn 35 Farmer Jno. H. Arnold 37 Farmer J. J. Anderson 30 Farmer Isaac Anderson 55 Farmer B. O. Ames 23 Farmer R. W. Boyce 33 Farmer M. R. Bass 45 Physician

Note: this last section for Mosco, dated 21 October, is separated from the rest of the list and follows Washington Precinct at the end of item 1 on the film.

Columbus Precinct

September 21, 1868

J. L. Stuart 29 Merchant R. W. Walker 24 Farmer S. S. Neal 35 Farmer J. H. Johnson 23 Merchant E. C. Stuart 43 Farmer E. D. Williams 32 Farmer P. R. Booker 55 Physician J. D. Caldwell 50 Farmer M. J. Turrentine 38 Farmer J. E. Johnson 21 Farmer

N. D. Caldwell 28 Farmer John Landers 55 Farmer W. O. Bradley 41 Farmer W. T. H. Williams 55 Farmer W. A. Landers 23 Farmer R. M. Wilson 52 Farmer Finis Reed 57 Farmer W. P. Stewart 28 Farmer J. O. Williams 57 Farmer Gadsen Michael 35 Farmer George Johnson 45 Farmer J. S. Cowling 60 Farmer


Tom Acock 45 Farmer John Wilson 21 Farmer Stephen Shaw 57 Farmer J. Y. Johnson 21 Farmer Jesse Hopkins 35 Farmer Erasmus Cheatham 26 Farmer James E. Johnson 25 Farmer E. S. Johnson 55 Farmer Thos. Stewart 50 Farmer Jordon Beard 34 Farmer Henry Beard 39 Farmer Cyrus Furguson 54 Farmer Thomas J. Booker 36 Physician William Johnson 37 Farmer Joshua W. Reeder 26 Farmer Green A. Cheatham 26 Farmer John A. Stewart 53 Farmer B. Williams 22 Farmer T. E. Wilson 22 Farmer James S. Wilson 24 Farmer Thomas Finel 31 Farmer Lewis May 33 Farmer Fed Wetherspoon 40 Farmer Friday Wetherspoon 26 Farmer Henry Wetherspoon 35 Farmer Williams Evans 22 Farmer Williams Johnson 46 Farmer Wilce Wetherspoon 70 Farmer Jo Cheatham 24 Farmer Mencer Nelson 45 Farmer Warren Brunson 46 Farmer Ezekel Brunson 47 Farmer Harvey H. Rolins 47 Farmer Sharper Wetherspoon 54 Farmer Sam Wetherspoon 21 Farmer Balden Cheatham 70 Farmer Solomon James 32 Blacksmith Barn Cheatham 25 Farmer Solomon Neil 28 Farmer West Cheatham 45 Farmer Ned Owens 29 Farmer John Hawkins 50 Farmer Mike Porter 26 Farmer William Stewart 25 Farmer Amos V. Walker 37 Farmer

Ed. Johnson 33 Farmer Cyrus Bailey 36 Farmer Henry Trimble 26 Farmer Robert Prescot 31 Farmer Nathan Hopkins 43 Farmer Edward Hopkins 40 Farmer Andrew Wetherspoon 36 Blacksmith William Arnold 37 Carpenter Bob Morrison 47 Farmer Ben Harpool 67 Farmer Richard Davidson 30 Farmer J. D. Baker 43 Farmer R. A. Brunson 47 Physician

October 14, 1868

Henry Johnson 38 Farmer Thomas Jones 50 Farmer

October 15, 1868

Monro Collier 28 Farmer George Row 30 Farmer William Bradly 40 Farmer Ples King 21 Farmer Sam Hopkins 30 Farmer John Williams 28 Farmer Alford Hopkins 45 Farmer George Hopkins 37 Farmer Arkles Williams 29 Farmer James Harvey 37 Farmer Gooden Critten 22 Farmer Bob Williams 26 Farmer Robert Goliteley 42 Farmer Jorden Wilson 50 Farmer Taylor Scroggins 21 Farmer Moses Stewart 23 Farmer David Sims 50 Farmer Thomas J. Moore 32 Farmer George Cook 37 Farmer Daniel Gray 50 Farmer Jim Varnell 23 Farmer William Price 49 Farmer Dick Walker 40 Farmer George Walker 28 Farmer Royston Jackson 23 Farmer Auston Turner 24 Farmer


Monro Furguson 21 Farmer Moses Cheatham 22 Farmer Henry Johnson 29 Farmer John Jackson 60 Farmer Lewis Auston 26 Farmer Richard Cheatham 23 Farmer Franklin Smith 41 Farmer James W. Stuart 26 Farmer

October 16, 1868

Dick Johnson 60 Farmer Jim Ford 22 Farmer Frank Walker 27 Farmer Charley Fort 23 Farmer Richard Growns 44 Farmer Jo Draper 56 Farmer Roll Trimble 28 Farmer Willi Ward 45 Farmer Jabez Bradley 48 Farmer Ed Lemon 30 Farmer Sandy Boyd 27 Farmer Orreng Boyd 30 Farmer Colmon Boyd 22 Farmer Benn Marshall 21 Farmer William Williams 53 Farmer Stephen Johnson 53 Farmer E. M. Landers 21 Farmer Daniel Boyd 22 Farmer King Johnson 45 Farmer Jefferson Cheatham 24 Farmer Cylous Cheatham 34 Farmer Bill Cheatham 35 Farmer Jack Roberson 34 Farmer Abb Roberson 24 Farmer Sam Auston 24 Farmer Allen Jorden 37 Farmer Zeak Auston 22 Farmer Cross Thurmon 29 Farmer James Johnson 50 Farmer Sam Johnson 28 Farmer Benn Green 47 Farmer Lewis Johnson 28 Farmer Alford Hopson 47 Farmer Aberham Green 23 Farmer Jo Murser 23 Farmer Gid Booker 38 Farmer Jefferson Boyd 60 Farmer

Chester Rollens 40 Farmer Brown Beard 48 Farmer Columbus Reid 21 Farmer Josh Walker 49 Farmer Step Moore 67 Farmer James L Hicks 59 Farmer Edward Walker 21 Farmer Squir Johnson 38 Farmer Willis Paxton 21 Farmer Robert Johnson 22 Farmer Thomas Farrison 54 Farmer Stephen Hatchet 33 Farmer Fenton Merser 68 Farmer Tom Sampson 34 Farmer Samuel Scott 54 Farmer D. J. Grounds 26 Farmer

October 17, 1868

James Gillmore 53 Farmer Jorden Hopsin 24 Farmer Harry Morrison 53 Farmer Aaron Thorrington 24 Farmer Adams Hopsum 25 Farmer Anderson Bobb 24 Farmer Chess Cannon 29 Farmer Robert Harding 33 Farmer Aaron Morrison 29 Farmer Tom Hungate 38 Farmer Carter Cannon 25 Farmer Alex Deloney 54 Farmer Decator Fowler 52 Farmer Bazeal Auston 21 Farmer Izeral Momdro 21 Farmer Andrew Van 59 Farmer James Stewart 30 Farmer Jim Scroggins 27 Farmer J. W. Johnson 25 Farmer Dick Witter 56 Farmer J. C. Reed 33 Farmer T. N. Reed 23 Farmer John Dickson 24 Farmer Frank Sampson 29 Farmer Lexy May 49 Farmer John William 27 Farmer Henry Guest 37 Carpenter Randle Nelson 28 Farmer Lewis Stewart 35 Farmer


W. D. Hicks 21 Farmer Jesse Mobes 45 Farmer Verjel Sampson 25 Farmer George Hartfield 25 Farmer William Hill 32 Farmer Washington Draper 21 Farmer

October 19, 1868

Antney Stewart 21 Farmer Vergent Trimble 22 Farmer Jesse Dickson 23 Farmer John Walker 21 Farmer Chester Hill 21 Farmer Ruben Harpool 33 Farmer Al Cooper 40 Farmer John Hopson 27 Farmer Robert M. Bailey 72 Farmer W. C. Reed 39 Farmer Dick Bale 56 Farmer Izarah Hill 26 Farmer Ned Johnson 70 Farmer Ivener Goodlow 24 Farmer Sims Crofton 45 Farmer Jo Cash 42 Farmer George Booker 29 Farmer G. E. James 36 Farmer S. M. James 28 Farmer A. C. James 24 Farmer John F. Benningfield 57 Farmer R. Little 36 Farmer W. L Swytcer 28 Farmer J. M. Sissel 38 Farmer

J. B. Sissel 26 Farmer Thomas Hendrick 28 Farmer F. A. Locke 40 Farmer J. P. Henderson 23 Farmer L. J. Henderson 30 Farmer James M. Smith 38 Farmer V. Tulles 36 Farmer J. A. Fussell 26 Farmer J. T. Henderson 25 Farmer J. M. Moss 42 Farmer Sam Jackson 45 Farmer Stephen Jury 53 Farmer Jesse Vaughan 57 Farmer Dave Reed 26 Farmer Smith Paxtal 35 Farmer Cyrus Ward 24 Farmer Sam Williams 21 Farmer Thomas Latty 50 Farmer Lewis Hill 48 Farmer Joseph Johnson 38 Farmer John Reed 50 Farmer Green Henry 45 Farmer S. H. McFarland 46 Farmer Tom Milum 30 Farmer William McAtee 26 Farmer Benn Draper 35 Farmer C. J. Fussell 25 Farmer James Norwood 54 Farmer J. M. Sikes 30 Stock

Raser A. D. Lewis 35 Farmer Henry Sikes 57 Stock

Raser

Spring Grove Missionary Baptist Church 119

SPRING GROVE MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH 1881-1896 AND SPRING GROVE CEMETERY

GARLAND COUNTY, ARKANSAS Russell P. Baker

Nestled in the far southwestern corner of Garland County just north of Mazarn Creek is a small cemetery with a sign proclaiming it to be the Spring Grove Cemetery established in 1863. It is something of a mystery since it is not listed in the published cemetery books for Garland, Hot Spring, or Montgomery counties. Nor does it show up on county maps. Its oldest headstone is for Susannah Ray Kinsey, born 15 October 1819 and died about 1863. Its newest headstone is for Hal Wray Holton, born 17 February 1917 and died 2 October 1980. Evidently the area was once the location of a Missionary Baptist Church also called Spring Grove. It was founded about 1881 by a small number of families, some who had recently migrated from Alabama. Their names are listed below. Those who settled in the area before 1880 appear in the 1880 U. S. census of old Lee Township, Garland County.1 All that now remains is the cemetery. There may also have been a school there at one time. W. H. Reeves who was active in the congregation served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.2 The following information is from the records of the Caddo River Baptist Association on microfilm at the Arkansas History Commission.3

1881, Pastor W. H. Caldwell, Messenger A. J. Howton, 6 members, by petition 1882 and 1883, the church was not represented 1884, Pastor A. Nelson, Clerk J. F. Harmon, Messengers G. M. and A. J. Howton, 12 members, Mazarn Post Office 1885, Pastor A. Nelson, Clerk J. F. Harmon, Messenger J. F. Harmon, 20 members, Hickory Station Post Office

1 For instance, see John P. and Andrew J. Houghton households, 1880 U.S. census, Garland County, Arkansas, population schedule, Lee township, enumeration district 75, p. 162B, dwellings 116 and 117, families 119 and 120; National Archives microfilm T9, roll 45. 2 W. H. Reeves, Arkansas Confederate Pension Application, Arkansas History Commission, microfilm, Military, 39, roll 88. 3 Arkansas History Commission, General Microfilm, 466, roll 01.


1886, Pastor A. Nelson, Clerk J. F. Harmon, Messengers F. W. Mullins and A. Howton, 20 members, Mazarn Post Office 1887, Pastor W. H. Caldwell, Clerk W. H. Reeves, Messengers W. H. Reeves and W. Mulllins, 19 members, Mazarn Post Office 1888–1889, not represented 1890, Pastor E. P. Chitwood, Clerk J. M. Kilgro, Messenger W. H. Reeves, 8 members, Mazarn Post Office 1891, no minutes printed 1892, not represented 1893, Pastor R. W. Pate, Clerk Larking Melson, Messenger Larking Melson, 8 members, Myers Post Office 1894, Pastor R. W. Pate, Clerk L. M. Kelgroe, Messengers L. Melson and J. P. Hawthorn, 11 members, Mazarn Post Office 1895, Pastor R. W. Pate, Clerk J. M. Kilgro, Messengers J. M. Kilgro and J. P. Hawthorne, 10 members, Mazarn Post Office 1896, Pastor E. Wright, Clerk J. M. Kilgro, Messengers J. P. Hawthorn and M. Kilgro, Mazarn Post Office The church was not represented at the association again after 1896. It was dissolved in 1897.

Arkansas Man Married in Kentucky

[Henry County Local, New Castle, Kentucky, 21 November 1913; microfilm: University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky.] Married. At the home of the bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Johnson, of Frankfort, Miss Sarah Virginia Johnson to Thomas Berryman Arnn, of Little Rock, Arkansas, Nov 12, 1913. The bride is the daughter of Rev. W. H. Johnson and wife, and one of the most popular teachers in the State, a favorite among her acquaintances, handsome and of a most pleasing personality. The groom is in the R. R. Postal Service and commands a splendid salary. He made numerous friends upon his visits here. The couple left immediately for their home in Little Rock. The ceremony was performed by Rev. J. M. Johnson, uncle of the bride.

—Contributed by Sherry Smith

Batesville Widows’ and Orphans’ Home 121

THE WIDOWS’ AND ORPHANS’ HOME IN BATESVILLE, INDEPENDENCE COUNTY, ARKANSAS

Betty Clayton, Paragould, Arkansas

Information about the Widows’ and Orphans’ Home and the Masonic Orphans’ Home in Batesville was abstracted from booklets, loose documents, and reports stored in a file at the Old Independence County Regional Museum in Batesville. The Widows’ and Orphans’ Home of the Sovereign Grand Lodge Independent Order of Odd Fellows of Arkansas [I.O.O.F.] was the first home. Later the Masonic Orphans’ Home was built in the same town. The records are public information at this time and can be viewed by anyone visiting the museum. According to information found in the 1902-03 Annual Report of the President of the Widows’ and Orphans’ Home, the home opened 15 May 1898 and was remodeled in 1902, adding five additional bedrooms and two store rooms at a cost of $295. During the fiscal year 1 October 1902 to 1 October 1903 the Home became debt free and maintained an average of thirty-five orphans at a cost per capita of $126.25. The amount of boarding fees received was $564.00. The amount paid out for the cost of running the Home was $4,982.03. In this and other reports the children living in the Home were referred to as inmates. The 1900-01 Annual Report of the Matron/Superintendent states the Home was midway into its fourth year and found reason for “congratulation and earnest gratitude to Him whose loving care and tender mercies have constantly surrounded and upheld us.” In addition to proper care for the children’s well being, the Home strived to develop and direct their mental capacities and spiritual nature to prepare them for their future years laden with life’s responsibilities and burdens. A list of categories for training and instruction was given: Industrial, Education, Moral and Religious Training, Peace Makers’ Lodge and Debating Society. The girls would learn such things as sewing, cooking, and housekeeping; the boys would help till the garden and fields, assist in care of stock and poultry, clearing, and fencing. Education included instruction in several grades, including music, and observed the same hours as those observed by the public schools, six hours daily. The Peace Makers’ Lodge was an organization for the boys. They were required to pledge themselves not to use tobacco or whiskey, not to indulge in the use of profane or other bad language, not to quarrel or tell


an untruth, to endeavor to settle all disputes that may arise and to be kind to animals and to each other. The Debating Society met weekly and was for those old enough to understand the questions discussed on literary, social, and historical topics. In this, as well as in the Peace Makers’ Lodge, the children were taught to observe parliamentary law. The name of the President of the Home was not in any of the documents found in the file this information was taken from, but the Treasurer was Z. P. Freeman. Among various reports for 1898 through 1901 are lists of the inmates for each of those four years, with the date of entrance, the person’s name and birth date, and the name and location of the Lodge sending the person. The Arkansas towns listed were Batesville, Chester, Corning, Fordyce, Gravett, Harrisburg, Hot Springs, Jonesboro, Lake City, Little Rock, Lonelm, Piggott, Rogers, Sulphur Rock, Union and West Fork. Forty-seven inmates were admitted to the Home during this period—three adults and forty-four children. One child died of pneumonia and ten names were listed as leaving the home, with the reason and the date. Financial reports for each year include expenditures (list of purchases and expenses with the cost of each), itemized lists of money received (names of donors, boarding fees paid, Lodge donations), and an itemized list of contributions other than money (includes donor names and items donated). The donated items included food and candy, toys, clothing, sewing fabrics, linens, quilts, farm animals and equipment. Improvements to the property were recorded as additional fruit trees, fencing, a new roof to replace the fire-damaged roof, an addition to the hen house, a hayshed and a cow shed. About three acres of land were cleared, plowed, and planted, and the trees converted into fuel. A 1,000 foot road leading through the farm was cleared and finished. The 1913 Report of the Superintendent of the Widows’ and Orphans’ Home includes a Roster of Residents, with the age of each. There is also a list of seventeen children released from the Home from November 1912 to September 1913 including their ages and information about where they went or what they were doing after leaving the Home. There were four widows living in the Home. There is also a list of donated items and the names of the donors. The next Annual Report of the Superintendent and Matron of the Widows’ and Orphans’ Home is for 1928-29. A account of Christmas Donations Received lists cash amounts donated by various Arkansas


I.O.O.F. lodges. After paying cash for articles purchased for the Christmas dinner, each resident of the Home received $5.75 in cash for their share of the cash donations. Donated items were received for Christmas and distributed among the residents as equally as possible, including quilts, linens, clothing, food, fruit, nuts, candy and toys. The report included the names and ages of residents living at the Home as of August 31st, with the name of the Lodge that sent them. Fifty-one children and widows were listed. The Lodges were listed by Lodge name or the town: Bergman, Caraway, Chickasawba, Dierks, Far West, Flippin, Fouke, Gassville, Grubbs, Guion, Independence, Robt. E. Lee, Magnolia, Oak Ridge, Paragould, John P. Paul Jr., Richwood, St. Paul, Saline, Strong and Tyronza. The names of sixteen inmates who had left the Home since “last report” were listed, as well as the names of two widows who had died. It was noted that one female would be 19 years old soon, but while still in the Home she would not be maintained through another school year by the Home on account of finances. Under the circumstances at the time, it was not deemed right to spend money on those who had passed the age of eighteen years and were able to care for themselves, while depriving the younger and helpless ones of necessities.

Grand Lodge of Arkansas 1902-03 Annual Report of the President

HEALTH

The health of the Home has been remarkably good. Since the opening of the Home three and a half years ago, there has never been a case of severe illness among the inmates except that of Lula Newdorffer, who was very ill of pneumonia when she entered the Home.

INMATES OF HOME 1898 Davis, Frank, entered June 26, born 17 Dec 1885, sent by Hot Springs Val.

Lodge #67 located at Hot Springs. Tucker, Ollie entered October 26, born 1 Feb 1884, sent by Piggott Lodge #56

located at Piggott. Newdorffer, Lula, entered November 16, born 8 March 1897, sent by Harrisburg

Lodge #112 located at Harrisburg. Newdorffer, Clara, entered November 16, born 22 June 1888, sent by Harrisburg

Lodge #112 located at Harrisburg. Newdorffer, Maude, entered November 16, born 2 September 1894, sent by

Harrisburg Lodge #112 located at Harrisburg.


Newdorffer, Harry, entered November 16, born 14 August 1884, sent by Harrisburg Lodge #112 located at Harrisburg.

Hicks, Early, entered November 21, born 24 October 1886, sent by Last Link Lodge #129 located at Lonelm.

Gilstrap, May, entered November 22, born 8 October 1886, sent by Chester Lodge #16 located at Chester.

Gilstrap, Viola, entered November 22, born 9 September 1891, sent by Chester Lodge #16 located at Chester.

Gilstrap, Donnie, entered November 22, born 31 October 1893, sent by Chester Lodge #16 located at Chester.

Rhamy, M., widow, entered December 2, born 14 September 1851, sent by Nebo Lodge #118 located at Gravett.

Rhamy, Louis, entered December 2, born 14 September 1882, sent by Nebo Lodge #118 located at Gravett.

Rhamy, Daman, entered December 2, born 29 May 1886, sent by Nebo Lodge #118 located at Gravett.

Rhamy, Cecil, entered December 2, born 18 September 1889, sent by Nebo Lodge #118 located at Gravett.

Rhamy, Owen, entered December 2, born 15 May 1893, sent by Nebo Lodge #118, located at Gravett.

Price, Myrtle, entered December 19, born 25 May 1889, sent by Rogers Lodge #89 located at Rogers.

Price, Libbie, entered December 19, born 25 July 1891, sent by Rogers Lodge #89 located at Rogers.

1899 Davis, Ethel, entered March 10, born 4 December 1887, sent by Corning Lodge

#10 located at Corning. Davis, Fred, entered March 10, born 30 August 1890, sent by Corning Lodge

#110 located at Corning. Clark, John, entered May 29, born 17 October 1891, sent by Mt. Zion Lodge

#51 located at Jonesboro. Clark, Clint, entered May 29, born 3 September 1896, sent by Mt. Zion Lodge

#51 located at Jonesboro. 1900 Holliday, Manda, entered January 3, born 30 June 1885, sent by Hot Springs

Val. Lodge #67 located at Hot Springs. Bloyed, Wm. C., entered April 2, born 8 October 1883, sent by West Fork

Lodge #90 located at West Fork. Killitz, Mrs., widow, entered September 17, born 27 June 1869, sent by Home

Lodge #63 located at Batesville. Killitz, Oscar, entered September 17, born 30 December 1886, sent by Home

Lodge #63 located at Batesville.


Killitz, Clyde, entered September 17, born 24 November 1888, sent by Home Lodge #63 located at Batesville.

Killitz, Siddle, entered September 17, born 30 August 1891, sent by Home Lodge #63 located at Batesville.

Killitz, Mattie, entered September 17, born 7 June 1893, sent by Home Lodge #63 located at Batesville.

Killitz, Paul, entered September 17, born 31 July 1895, sent by Home Lodge #63 located at Batesville.

Killitz, Hugh, entered September 17, born 17 September 1887 [this may be a typo for 1897], sent by Home Lodge #63 located at Batesville.

Robinson, Ethel, entered October, born 24 March 1887, sent by Pike Lodge #12 located at Little Rock.

Robinson, Frank H., entered November 21, born 18 September 1889, sent by Pike Lodge #12 located at Little Rock.

Wilson, Harry, entered November 21, born 28 June 1890, sent by Pike Lodge #12 located at Little Rock.

Wilson, Hazel, entered in December, born 30 July 1893, sent by Pike Lodge #12 located at Little Rock.

1901 McCurry, Jessie, entered January 17, born 31 December 1895, sent by Sulphur

Rock Lodge #52 located at Sulphur Rock. Ferris, Martha, entered January 17, born 13 December 1888, sent by Oxford

Lodge #99 located at Union. Ferris, Tom, entered January 17, born 16 September 1892, sent by Oxford

Lodge #99 located at Union. Ferris, Kate, entered January 17, born 16 July 1894, sent by Oxford Lodge #99

located at Union. Ferris, Edith, entered August 4, born 10 December 1897, sent by Oxford Lodge

#99 located at Union. Moore, Willie, entered August 4, born 1 May 1894, sent by Lake City Lodge

#164 located at Lake City. Moore, Dulsie, entered October 5, born 14 July 1897, sent by Lake City Lodge

#164 located at Lake City. Butler, Aldie F., widow, born 9 January 1871, sent by Fordyce Lodge #106

located at Fordyce. Butler, Erma, entered October 5, born 25 September 1889, sent by Fordyce

Lodge #106 located at Fordyce. Butler, Ira, entered October 5, born 10 November 1892, sent by Fordyce Lodge

#106 located at Fordyce. Butler, Otis, entered October 5, born 20 October 1894, sent by Fordyce Lodge

#106 located at Fordyce. Butler, Olan, no date of entry, born 23 August 1899, sent by Fordyce Lodge

#106 located at Fordyce.


Arkansas Ancestry Certificates

Nineteenth Century Ancestry Certificates

for Jonathan Bleu-Thomason Moore, Denise Moore-Simmons, Alease Moore and Sylvia R. Moore-Sharpe

Submitted by Sharon D. Moore

1061 S. Deacon Detroit, MI 48217-1610

313-224-4757 [email protected]

Jonathan Bleu-Thomason Moore, Denise Moore-Simmons, Alease Moore and Sylvia R. Moore-Sharpe each received a Certificate of Arkansas Ancestry for the Nineteenth Century period based on documentation submitted for the following lineage. The Nineteenth Century ancestor was Hence Phillip Moore. Hence Phillip Moore was born in Drew County on 15 August 1878.

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Antebellum Period Ancestry Certificates for Cindy Gaston-Wilkinson and Ann Love Gaston

Submitted by Cindy Gaston-Wilkinson

10600 Panther Mtn. Rd. N. Little Rock, AR 72113


Cindy Gaston-Wilkinson and Ann Love Gaston each received a

Certificate of Arkansas Ancestry for the Antebellum period based on documentation submitted for the following lineage. The Antebellum ancestor was Nicholas W. Cabler. Nicholas W. Cabler was in Montgomery County on or before 17 September 1850.


Antebellum Period Ancestry Certificates for Bryan Randolph Edwards, Robert Randolph Edwards,

David Clayton Edwards, James Richard Edwards, and Carol Ann Edwards Luzader

Submitted by Robert Randolph Edwards

300 Lakeridge Drive Russellville, AR 72802-9276


Bryan Randolph Edwards, Robert Randolph Edwards, David Clayton Edwards, James Richard Edwards, and Carol Ann Edwards Luzader each received a Certificate of Arkansas Ancestry for the Antebellum period based on documentation submitted for the following lineage. The Antebellum ancestor was Hardy Glenn. Hardy Glenn was in Dallas County on or before 4 October 1850.

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Arkansas Queries

Members may submit as many queries as they wish at any time. E-mail to [email protected] or post to AGS, PO Box 17653, Little Rock, AR 72222. ADKINS – COSTON – ETHRIDGE – POWER – RUTHERFORD: I am interested in these families who settled in Hot Spring Co near Magnet Cove 1845-1890. Ralph A. Coston, PO Box 163, Warren AR 71671 [email protected] BAKER – FOSTER – GENTRY – THOMAS: Seeking any information on James Thomas b 1808 Norfolk VA d 1875 Kinderhook AR m Elizabeth Foster b 1811 VA d 1876; also on their children 1) Sarah Jane b 1830; 2) Elisha b 1832 d bef 1910; 3) James b 1834 d 1875; 4) Elizabeth (Gentry) b 24 Feb 1836 d 1872; 5) William b 26 Feb 1839; 6) Mary E (Baker) b 17 July 1843; 7) Franklin b 1845 TN d 1914; 8) Newton b 1849 d 1914; 9) Pleasant b 1856. Most migrated to Cleburne, Faulkner and Van Buren counties. Lynda Cook, 26508 Sheldon Ave, Santa Clarita CA 91351 [email protected] BISHOP – SAMPSON – SYKES – WALKER – WHITE: Seeking info on any of these individuals. Sarah Bishop and Rich White of Ozan AR 1900; John Sampson of Hempstead Co AR 1850; Lloyd Sykes of Little Rock AR 1920 and Jesse Walker of Hempstead Co AR 1900. William Sykes, PO Box 2524, Olathe KS 66063 [email protected] BRAY – MALES: Seeking info on Thomas Bray and Ora Lee Males, West Fork, Washington Co AR. Henry D. Hisel, 2229 Eldorado Pkwy W, Little Elm TX 75068 [email protected] CARPENTER: What is the maiden name of Sarah who m Emanuel/Amanuel/Alfred Carpenter? She was b about 1848-1850 in MS according to 1870 and 1880 census of Conway Co AR, Howard Twp. In 1880 her father was said to be b in GA and her mother in TN. Emanuel was b Carroll Co MS, son of John Carpenter and Sarah Jackson. Sarah and Emanuel’s first child John was b in AR abt 1849. They could have m


in MS or AR. Amanuel entered land in Howard Co AR, in 1890. Susan Boyle, 57 Plantation Acres Dr, Little Rock AR 72210-3627 [email protected] CRYER – MOBLEY: Researching the families of David Mobley Sr. and his wife Anna Barbara Cryer dau of Morgan Cryer Sr who served in the Revolutionary War. David Mobley Sr and Barbara were m in Clark Co AR 8 July 1817. I need proof that David Mobley had a son by the name of David Mobley Jr. b 1825 in Clark Co AR. David Jr was m in Pike Co AR to Martha W in 1846. David Sr. d in Pike Co AR 5 March 1859 and his wife Barbara died in Pike Co AR 5 Feb 1885. Benny Gene Mobley, 912 Parker St, Azle TX 76020 DODSON CEMETERY, BENTONVILLE, BENTON CO AR: Are there any records for the Dodson Cemetery? Bradley Sue Howell, 722 Ridgeway St, Dallas TX 75214 [email protected] ANSWER: A list of inscriptions for Dodson Cemetery in Benton County, AR, appears in Cemeteries of Benton County, Vol. 5, p. 103, published in 1976 by the Northwest Arkansas Genealogical Society. Russell Baker. EUBANKS: Looking for the descendents of Dr. James Albert Eubanks b ca 1793 most likely from early Madison Co AR. Mary Ellen Eubanks Johnson, PO Box 496, Johnson AR 72741 GREENHILL – LeMAY – WILLIAMS: I am looking for any info on my g-grandparents William Henry Greenhill and his wife Amanda Josephine Williams. They died on or about 29 Oct 1883 in or around Charleston, Franklin Co AR. William Henry was b abt 8 Feb 1849 in AL and Amanda Josephine was b abt 1855 in TN. According to the 1880 census of Sebastian Co AR there were three children, including C G Greenhill, female b abt 1879 in AR who must have died with them. Guardianship was given for the other two children in AL on 7 Feb 1884 to an aunt and uncle Nathan P LeMay and Sara Jane Greenhill LeMay. The children were Ann Eliza Greenhill b 21 Jul 1873 d 9 May 1947 and my grandfather, Arthur Edgar Greenhill b 27 May 1876 d 3 Feb 1944. Charles L Dinsmore, PO Box 2368, Anniston AL 36202-2368 Ph 800-467-7635 [email protected]

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HUBBLE – LANE – McKAY – MEON – ROUSE: Seeking info on the families of Walter Hubble, Little Rock AR (Hubble Brothers Funeral Home); Sophia Lane, Fort Smith AR; Henry McKay, Little Rock AR; Isaac Meon, Pine Bluff AR; and Shular Rouse, Hot Springs AR. Phae H. Dorman, 2452 Deer Valley, Midland MI 48642 [email protected] KINARD – MORGAN – SEASE: Seeking death and burial information for Daniel Kinard, b abt 1822 in Barnwell District SC, son of Graham & Eve Sease Kinard of Union Co AR and Union Parish LA. Daniel owned land in Union and Columbia counties AR and likely d between 1856 and 1859. Daniel’s wife Winnie Morgan whom he m in Bibb Co AL in 1843 remarried Daniel’s bro Jacob Kinard, in Union Co AR in Nov 1859. Greg Boyd, 2210 Research Park Blvd, Norman OK 73069 [email protected] PHILLIPS COUNTY AR MARRIAGE BOOK NO 1: Does anyone have copies of pages of this “missing” book? All that remains is the index with a few notes. Dr. Barry Henson, 221 Via Los Miradores, Redondo Beach CA 90277 [email protected] ANSWER: The original earliest marriage book for Phillips Co. was apparently lost at some point. The earliest book available is called Marriage Transcripts Book 1 and the marriages date from 1831-1871. Marriage Book A begins in 1859. The transcribed early marriages as well as some dating to 1875 were published in 1982 by Mrs. Warren G. Bonner of Marianna, AR, as Phillips County Marriages Before 1875. Russell Baker PIERSON – WHITE: Who are the parents of George W White who was listed in Scott Co AR 1860 census b in AR ca 1826. His wife was Martha Pierson dau of Jacob and Jenetta Pierson. George W is my gg-grandfather. Bill Hanks, 1217 W 3rd St, Little Rock AR 72201-1903 WARREN: Joseph L and Massila A Warren lived in Wayne Co TN 1870 census; ch 1) Harriet J.; 2) Frances E.; 3) William L.; 4) Marion D.; 5) Mary Ann A; 6) Sara D.; 7)“Eighter” (Ada). Need additional info especially on Joseph’s d and p of birth etc. Garry W. Warren, 832 Olde Mill Trace, Cottondale AL 35453 [email protected]


YEARGAIN – WHITE – TOMLINSON: Seeking info on Andrew Yeargain of NC 1735, d aft 1800 whose descendant John Wesley Yeargain settled in Greene Co AR. Need info on James White of TN, father of Flavious Stapleton White b 1824 Clairborne Co TN, settled in Greene Co AR. Need parents of Thomas James Tomlinson b Weakley Co TN 1830, d Greene Co 1918. Carol Tomlinson, PO Box 1502, Paragould AR 72450. CORRECTION: Alford, Davis, Hatch, Hudson, Jester [instead of Jestes], Orr, Spring/Springs, Watson query printed in March AFH: Patsy R. Livingston's address is now: 23 Meadow View Dr, Texarkana, AR 71854

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Book Reviews

Yellow Tavern and Beyond, From Family Letters and Journals. By Dorothy Francis Atkinson. Published by Willow Bend Books, an imprint of Heritage Books, 65 East Main Street, Westminster, MD 21157-5026. 2006. xvii, 436 pp. includes epilogue, index, bibliography, endnotes. Paper cover. To order go to www.WillowBendBooks.com. Hanover and Henrico Counties, Virginia, contributed a large number of men to the Confederacy, saw a great deal of the opposing armies, and experienced more than their share of battles during the Civil War, no doubt a result of having the capital of the Confederacy in their front yard. The author’s focus is the Battle of Yellow Tavern that took place in May 1864 just north of Richmond and resulted in the death of General J. E. B. Stuart. Having access to a number of letters saved and passed down in the various branches of her family and others, she set out to tell the story of the region and its people during the war. Because local soldiers fought at many of the major battles in the east, there are chapters about Kanawha Valley and Manassas, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, and others. After setting the scene with local and family history, the author skillfully blends information from published sources with information from letters, diaries, and family papers created before, during, and after the Civil War. The result is a complete and detailed account of the events in the area through which the reader is able to gain a general sense of living conditions and attitudes during the war. There is abundant genealogical information, as well as maps and numerous photographs. This book is interesting reading on several levels: as Civil War history, as local history, and as family history. For researchers of this area or of families living there in the nineteenth century, this book is an excellent resource, presenting as it does, transcripts, extracts or abstracts of original documents that may not otherwise be accessible. Susan Boyle, Little Rock, Arkansas


Irish Names and Surnames. By Rev. Patrick Woulfe. Published Dublin, 1923. Reprint Genealogical Publishing Co., 3600 Clipper Mill Road, Suite 260, Baltimore, MD 21211-1953. 2007. xlvi, 696 pages includes bibliography and appendix of clan names. Hardcover. For price and ordering information, go to www.Genealogical.com This book was originally published in Dublin in 1923 and has been reprinted four times by GPC. The compiler started collecting original Irish/Gaelic names in Lancashire before 1900, and continued while a chaplain at Limerick Workhouse and on trips to Scotland. Scholars elsewhere sent him lists as well. His resulting work is a classic which contains separate lists of men’s names, women’s names, and surnames—each presented twice—once in English to Irish translation and again in Irish to English translation. But this book is more than lists of names and their translations; indeed it is an education in the Irish language and a guidebook to Irish names. The introduction is a history of the evolution of Irish names from patronymics and nicknames to actual first and last names. There is an explanation of the use of O and Mac and the effect of the Anglo-Norman invasion on both given names and surnames. The author included a helpful pronunciation guide which explains broad and slender vowels and provides examples of single letters, dipthongs, combination vowels and consonants, and irregular sounds of vowels and consonants. The English to Irish lists are straight-forward, brief translations. The lists of Irish to English names on the other hand provide a history of each name. Allen, for instance, is called an ancient Irish personal name, probably a diminutive of a name starting with the Irish syllable for noble. For females, Bevin or Vivian was an ancient Irish name meaning “melodious lady”. The surname Cannon is from O Cannan or O Cananan derived from the word for wolf cub and is an old Tirconnell name, as is O’Donnell. MacDonald, on the other hand, is a name with three origins, one in Scotland and the other two in early Irish clans or families. This book would be an asset to anyone researching Irish surnames and a fascinating read for those interested in the origins of names. Susan Boyle, Little Rock, Arkansas

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North American Wills Registered in London 1611-1857. Compiled by Peter Wilson Coldham, Genealogical Publishing Company, 3600 Clipper Mill Rd., Suite 260, Baltimore, MD 21211; 2007. 156 pp., supplemental index of names, index of places, index of ships. Hardcover. See www.Genealogical.com for price and shipping. Only the Prerogative Court of Canterbury could grant probate and administration for citizens of England and Wales who died at home or abroad leaving wills or assets worth more than £5. As Coldham states in his introduction, “…the survival in London of well over 2,000 wills relating to temporary or permanent inhabitants of North America has ensured that they, their relations and descendants have not only found a permanent place in historical records but have a provable link to English ancestry.” This updated version of several of Coldham’s previous works reflects the British National Archives’ progress in digitizing and indexing their holdings of the PCC registry copy wills which may now be accessed and ordered online, including newly accessible Canadian wills. The introduction explains how to use the online index to obtain any will listed in the book and includes a list of abbreviations used. The abstracts are arranged alphabetically by surname of decedent and include place of residence, place of death, occupation, marital state, date of will, date of proof, names of legatees, executors, and witnesses, often relatives, as well as the all-important identifying PROB11 reference needed by the National Archives to send you the copy by internet or mail. Some entries also include references to where they have been previously printed. The main list is followed by a supplementary index of all the other names that appear in the abstracts. An index of place names arranged by state, Canadian province, and counties of England, Scotland, or Wales plus a list of ships allows the researcher to look for people in several different ways. Susan Boyle, Little Rock, Arkansas


The Genealogist’s Address Book, version 5.3. By Elizabeth Petty Bentley. Bentley Enterprises, PO Box 58, Woodsboro, MD 21798-0058. CD, $19.99.

Names, addresses, contact information, hours of operation, publi-cations and various other appropriate items for 28,000 organizations and agencies of interest to genealogists are included in The Genealogist’s Address Book. The organizations listed are mostly US and Canadian.

The CD contains a single pdf file so there is no special software to install because the only program needed to view the information is Acrobat Reader. The pdf file can also be copied from the CD to your local hard drive so it can be accessed without inserting the CD.

There are two ways of finding what you’re looking for on the file. A set of bookmarks are included which serve as an expandable table of contents. The bookmarks are organized by US National and States, Canadian National and Provinces, Ethnic and Religious organizations, and numerous special resources such as lineage societies, registries, publishers, booksellers, and libraries.

The other method of navigating is by using the search tool of Acrobat Reader. A word or phrase may be entered and Acrobat Reader will quickly find and display all occurrences in the document in context. For example, I entered the word “railroad” and Acrobat Reader found 124 instances of “railroad” in the Address Book.

Probably the biggest problem with the Address Book is that much of the information is unavoidably out-of-date to some degree. There is a website the user can go to for updates and a one-year subscription for quarterly updated versions of the pdf file by e-mail can be requested. But the author doesn’t have a very good way to get current information so the updates would be out-of-date too.

The biggest value of The Genealogist’s Address Book is probably in identifying organizations that may exist. Current information about an organization of interest can be obtained from the organization’s website.

Rebecca Wilson, Little Rock, Arkansas

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Eyewitness to American History: The Virginia Connection to the WPA Slave Narratives. By James M. Rose and Dr. Cassandra Newby-Alexander. CD. Eyewitness to American History attempts to substantiate some of the genealogical, social and cultural information highlighted in the American Slave Narratives. The slave narratives are interviews of former slaves gathered in the 1930s by the Federal Writers’ Project of the Works Progress Administration (WPA). The authors provide helpful historical background about the slave narratives collected by the WPA. The narratives often provide clues and insight into the genealogy of the interviewees. Eyewitness to American History claims to have uncovered connections of over 500 individuals with Virginia ancestry and includes supplemental maps, censuses, and death and marriage records. An intriguing part of the CD contains photographs of some of the interviewees which can be scarce in some state narratives. In the bonus portion of the CD a genealogist and a descendant of one of the interviewees read and comment on portions of her ancestor’s narrative, bringing viewers up to date on later descendants and showing the potential for use by other family historians. Linda McDowell, Black History Coordinator, Arkansas History Commission Old Voices. By Patsy Campbell Womack. 2007. 240 pages. Photographs. $20 + $5 shipping. Order from author at 501-889-2293. An Arkansas book written in Arkansas by an Arkansas native, Old Voices is a heartwarming memoir about family and growing up in rural Yell County. Patsy Womack doesn’t present her entire family history, but she does record a family story. She reaches back three generations to her paternal and maternal great-grandparents to set the stage and uses the passed-down memories of others to tell their stories. She is grateful to those ancestors for the devotion, respect, values, and constancy they practiced and instilled in their descendants. She is thankful for the community of Gum Springs and the extended family that remained close and surrounded her with loving grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins. The author uses words sparingly, but wisely, creating images of life gone by. Born in 1934, she channels her own memories, both good and bad, to lovingly describe in easy, flowing detail every aspect of life in the


last third of the twentieth century and before: home, play and church; farming and housework; food and clothing; farm animals and pets; new life and death; loss and sadness; holidays and hunting. She professes to have been profoundly influenced by her nature walks with her grandfather from an early age. “Those were years filled with valuable things, things that could not be bought with money or counted as time spent.” She tells the stories that were told to her because they bind the family members together and form a thread across the years. Her words are sure to evoke your own memories and the author hopes that you will be encouraged to write your own family story. I think you may be, once you experience this tribute to the importance of the simplest things in life. All family stories are worth recording for posterity. Susan Boyle, Little Rock, Arkansas

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Index

A Abston

Mirl, 93 Acock

Tom, 116 Adkins, 129 Ahrens

Maude, 107 Mrs. John, 97

Alexander Rev. S. C., 94, 96,

98 William, 115

Alison Mary M., 89

Allen Albert Jr., 96 Catharine, 87 Claude, 95 John, 96 William M., 95

Allison W. H., 89

Ames B. O., 115

Anderson Isaac, 115 J. J., 115 T. W., 114

Andrews Crofford, 114

Angden William, 113

Arnn Thomas Berryman,

120 Arnol

Gad, 114 Arnold

Jno. H., 115 Stephen, 115 W. E., 114 William, 116

Atkinson Dorothy Francis,

133 Atlee

Edwin T., 110 Austin

R. G. S., 97 Auston

Bazeal, 117 Lewis, 117 Sam, 117 Zeak, 117

B Bailey

Cyrus, 116 Robert M., 118

Baird W. H., 114

Baker J. D., 116 Mary E, 129 Russell, 130, 131 Russell P., 119 Uncle Billy, 106

Bale Dick, 118

Ballard Thomas B., 111 Thos. B., 111

Barkham J., 110

Barnes Frank, 96

Bass M. R., 115

Bassett J. C., 101, 102

Bate James, 114

Battenfeld James H., 89 Mrs. E. A., 89 Mrs. M., 89

Baylor Charles J., 111

Beard Brown, 117 Dr. L. B., 93 Henry, 116 Jordon, 116

Beasley Lee, 94

Bell Antney, 114 Mrs. A. M., 96

Bennet William, 94

Bennett Fannie, 98 Frank, 100 Mr. and Mrs. Sam,

95 Mrs. R. C., 93 Pat, 94 R. C., 93, 94

Benningfield John F., 118

Bentley Elizabeth Petty, 136

Berryman Cleveland, 103 Ina, 92 Lelia, 103 Mr. and Mrs. L. K.,

92 Robert, 103 Warden, 103

Bessellieu Dr. W. F., 92 Martha A., 92

Bethune Mrs., 104

Biggs Blanche, 108 E. L., 101, 107 H. C., 106 Jimmie, 101 Mrs. E. L., 101, 107


Billingsley John, 114 John C., 114 W. G., 114

Binns Henry, 104

Bishop Sarah, 129

Black Henry, 114 Jake, 113 Jonathan, 115

Blanchit George, 114

Bland Richard Parks, 106

Bloyed Wm. C., 124

Bluthenthal Sol, 98

Bobb Anderson, 117

Bond O. P., 97, 98

Booker George, 118 Gid, 117 P. R., 115 Thomas J., 116

Borden Lewis, 114

Bowles Edgar, 108 John J., 108 Mrs. Dr., 97 W. E., 108

Boyce R. W., 115

Boyd C. M., 97, 98 Colmon, 117 Daniel, 117 E. E., 97, 98 Greg, 131 Jefferson, 117 Mrs. E. E., 99, 107 Orreng, 117 Sandy, 117

Boyle Susan, 130, 133,

134, 135, 138 Bradley

Jabez, 117 W. O., 115

Bradly William, 116

Bradshaw Eliza, 82 Thomas H., 82

Bray Thomas, 129

Breedlove James, 93 Ransom, 93

Brister David, 114

Brooks L. B., 105 Melissa Amelia,

127 Brunson

Ezekel, 116 R. A., 116 Warren, 116

Bryant Anne Dixon, 81

Bulloch Mrs. S. R., 108 Ruth, 108 S. R., 108

Burdell Harriett Isabella,

128 Burford

D. C., 91 Burks

Capt. C. L., 94 Charles G., 95

Burlison William, 115

Burns Thomas R., 114

Burton J. J., 89

Butler Aldie F., 125

Emma, 125 Ira, 125 Olan, 125 Otis, 125

C Cabler

Ella, 127 Levin James, 127 Nicholas W., 127

Caldwell J. D., 115 N. D., 115 W. H., 119, 120

Callaway Wm, 114

Cannon Carter, 117 Chess, 117

Carlton H. C., 114 Thomas B., 114

Carpenter Alfred, 129 Amanuel, 130 Emanuel, 129 John, 129 Sarah, 129

Carroll D. C., 95

Carson A. W., 115

Carter M. V., 98, 104, 105 Tommy, 91

Cash Jo, 118

Cavaness J. H., 92, 97, 98

Celia, 111 Chambers

Fulton, 105 Cheatham

Balden, 116 Barn, 116 Bill, 117 Cylous, 117

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Erasmus, 116 Green A., 116 Jefferson, 117 Jo, 116 Moses, 117 Richard, 117 West, 116

Childress Henry, 96

Chitwood E. P., 120

Christmas Bob, 102

Church A. F., 89 J. S., 88, 89 Miss L. M., 89

Clark Clint, 124 John, 124 L. B., 114

Clayton Betty, 121

Cloud Ella, 99 F. E., 99 W. W., 99

Cobb Jordan, 98

Coldham Peter Wilson, 135

Collier Monro, 116

Colvert J. H., 108

Compton J. H., 114

Connerly J. C., 109

Cook George, 116 Lynda, 129

Cooper Al, 118 Louise W., 89

Cornish Ed, 101 Mrs. Ed, 101

Nora, 101 Ruth, 101

Coston, 129 Ralph A., 129

Cotham D. B., 102 E. R., 101, 102 Howard, 102 Jack, 95 Mr. and Mrs. E. R.,

95 Mrs. D. B., 102 Thursa, 92

Cowhorn Sam, 115

Cowling J. S., 115

Cox Carolyn, 128

Crank R. N., 114

Cravens Milton, 114

Critten Gooden, 116

Crofton Sims, 118

Crook Iva, 93 John, 104 Mr. and Mrs. B.

W., 93 Tilden, 104

Cryer Anna Barbara, 130 Morgan Sr., 130

Curtis Mrs., 104

D Daniel

Mrs. S. C., 108 R. H., 108

Daniels Mrs. S. C., 104 R. H., 104 Robert, 97

Davenport Jan Hearn, 110

Davidson Richard, 116

Davis C. G., 96, 97, 104 Ethel, 124 Frank, 123 Fred, 124 J. W., 99 Mollie E., 99 Mrs. M. A., 104 Willis, 105

Dearing Sims, 112

Dearmon D. F., 92

Deloney Alex, 117

Dewoody John, 114 P. G., 114

Dicken Bessie Boyd, 107 Charles Henry, 101 J. J., 101, 107 Mrs. J. J., 101, 107

Dickson Alonzo C., 82 Ann, 87 Ann Turner, 81 Betsey, 87 Catharine, 81, 82,

83, 84, 85, 86 Elizabeth, 87 George, 84, 85 George N., 83, 87 Hannah, 87 Harriett Ann, 82, 87 Isabella Catharine,

83, 87 James, 87 James Monroe, 82,

83, 84, 85, 86, 87

Jesse, 118 John, 82, 83, 84,

85, 86, 87, 117


John Turner, 81, 86, 87

Margaret, 87 Margaret E., 87 Martha J., 83, 86,

87 Mary, 87 Matty, 86 Peggy, 87 Sarah Frances, 87 Thomas, 86, 87 William, 83, 84, 85 William A., 82, 87

Dinsmore Charles L., 130

Dishongh Anna, 101 J. B., 101 Merle, 101 Mrs. J. B., 101 Myrrl, 101

Dodson, 130 Dollahite

C. C., 96 J. H., 97 James, 97 Marcella G., 96 Sallie, 97

Donaldson Jas. F., 101

Dorman Phae H., 131

Dozier Mrs. A. H., 105

Draper Benn, 118 Eliza, 113 Jo, 117 Washington, 118

Duke C. T., 98, 109 Chas. T., 92

Duncan A. D., 109 Mattie, 92 S. T., 92

Dunlap J. I., 92

E Eaves

Alfred, 115 Edwards

Bryan Randolph, 128

Carol Ann, 128 David Clayton, 128 Ira Lawrence, 128 James Richard, 128 Jennifer, 128 Robert R., 88 Robert Randolph,

128 Elgin

T. H., 89 Elrod

Elizabeth Catharine, 82

John Allen, 82 Thomas, 84 Thomas J., 84, 85 Thomas Jefferson,

82, 83 Emerson

Cimon, 114 English

John, 101 Ennis

Mrs., 91 Erwin

Mrs. George M., 99 Ethridge, 129 Eubanks

James Albert, 130 Mary Ellen, 130

Evans Tanor, 92 Williams, 116

Ewton J. P., 89 Mary J., 89

Ezzell S. R., 88

F Fairchild

Mr. and Mrs. Wm. M., 94

Farish R. S., 91 Sarah J., 108

Farrish Sarah J., 105

Farrison Thomas, 117

Ferris Edith, 125 Kate, 125 Martha, 125 Tom, 125

Finel Thomas, 116

Ford Jim, 117 W. D., 93

Formby Robert, 114

Fort Charley, 117 Elias W., 99

Foster Elizabeth, 129

Fowler Decator, 117

Freeman Z. P., 122

Fryer Angelina, 110 Angeline, 110 Catherine, 110, 111 Frances Marion,

111 Francis Marion,

110 Sally, 110

Furguson Cyrus, 116 Monro, 117

Fussell C. J., 118 J. A., 118

Index 143

Futrell Gloria, 113

G Gabbert

J. K., 99, 100 Melba Kathleen,

99, 100 Mrs. J. K., 99, 100

Gammell Chas., 105

Garner Mrs. W. A., 105

Gaston Cindy, 127 Lynn Leon, 127

Gates Darthula, 95 Laura, 95

Gear Judge F. M., 99

Gentry Elizabeth, 129

Gill Wiley, 114

Gillam John, 99

Gillmore Jacob, 114 James, 117

Gilpin Charles, 110

Gilstrap Donnie, 124 May, 124 Viola, 124

Gipson Jack, 114

Gladden Pertie, 100

Gleghorn Robert, 114

Glenn David Frederick,

128 Hardy, 128 Isaac, 113

James, 113 John Samuel, 128 Mary Louise, 128 Nancy J., 128 Peter, 113

Goddard Rev. O. E., 93, 94,

95 Goliteley

Robert, 116 Goodlow

Ivener, 118 Goodwyn

F. E., 115 Gray

Daniel, 116 Green, 102

Aberham, 117 Benn, 117 John, 114 Stephen, 115

Greenhill Ann Eliza, 130 Arthur Edgar, 130 C. G., 130 Sarah Jane, 130 William Henry, 130

Grisson-Wells Rebeckah A., 100

Grounds D. J., 117

Growns Richard, 117

Guest Henry, 117

H Hafer

Mrs., 101 Hall

A. B., 107 B. A., 107 Etta, 94 J. R., 106 J. T., 106 Maggie, 107 Miss Elise, 106

Miss Louie, 107 Mr. A. B., 94 Rev. John, 106 William, 107

Hamilton John, 113

Hammock J. H., 100, 109

Hampton Mrs. G. N., 106

Hanagan Nelson, 113

Hankins Joanna, 94

Hanks Bill, 131

Harcourt, 109 Harding

Chas. H., 92 Robert, 117

Hardy D. M., 105 R. L., 108

Harkey Alice P., 89 Dora, 89 G. W., 88, 89 George W., 90 J. M., 88, 89 Lucy, 89 M. Scottie, 89 Mrs. E. P., 89 R. L., 89 Rueben M., 89

Harmon J. F., 119, 120

Harper Book, 93 Ed, 93 Telitha Cuma, 127

Harpool Ben, 116 Ruben, 118

Harris A. E., 102, 108 C. T., 108, 109 John, 96 Richard, 95


Will, 104 Harrison

Berry C., 94 Charles, 94 James, 94 John O., 94 Pamelia Martha, 94 Wm. M., 94 Wm. M. Jr., 94

Hart Arthur, 109 Erastus, 99 H. S., 99, 109 Mrs. H. S., 109

Hartfield George, 118

Harvey James, 116

Hatchet Stephen, 117

Hatfield M. C., 115

Hawkins John, 116 John Henry, 114

Hawthorn J. P., 120

Hawthorne J. P., 120

Haynes J. L., 93 Mrs. J. L., 93 Mrs. M. H., 105

Heflin G. H., 109

Henderson J. P., 118 J. T., 118 L. J., 118

Hendrick Thomas, 118

Henry F. W., 101, 102 Green, 118 Mrs. B. A., 93 W. L., 93

Henson Barry, 131

Herrod J. M., 103

Hicks B. D., 114 Early, 124 James L, 117 W. D., 118

Hill Charles, 114 Chester, 118 Izarah, 118 Lewis, 118 William, 118

Hisel Henry D., 129

Hogue Johnnie, 93 Mr. and Mrs.

George, 93 Holliday

Manda, 124 Holton

Hal Wray, 119 Hood

Mrs., 89 Hoover

Mr. E., 104 Hopkins

Alford, 116 Edward, 116 George, 116 Jesse, 116 Nathan, 116 Sam, 116

Hopper Telitha Cuma, 127

Hopsin Jorden, 117

Hopson Alford, 117 John, 118

Hopsum Adams, 117

Horton Paul, 94

Houge Mrs. Robert, 103 Robert, 103

Vera, 103 Willie, 103

House J. W., 103

Howard James S., 114 W. V., 115

Howell Bradley Sue, 130 Capt. W. C., 97 T. P., 107

Howton A., 120 A. J., 119 G. M., 119

Hubble Walter, 131

Hughes G. W., 97 Jerre M., 94 M. E., 97

Hungate Tom, 117

Huse Joshaway, 114

Hyatt Dr. T. D., 99 Floyd William, 99 Floyd Wilson, 100 Mrs. D. T. Hyatt,

99 R. F., 92, 97, 98

I Isom

Capt. W. H., 97 Mrs. W. H., 97

J Jackson

John, 117 Royston, 116 Sam, 118 Sarah, 129

James A. C., 118

Index 145

G. E., 118 S. M., 118 Solomon, 116

Jenkins Julie, 94

Jeter Mrs. W. S., 109

Johnson Alex, 100 Armstead, 99 Dick, 117 E. S., 116 Ed., 116 Edna, 99 George, 115 Henry, 114, 116,

117 J. E., 115 J. H., 115 J. W., 117 J. Y., 116 James, 117 James E., 116 John, 113 Joseph, 118 King, 117 Lee, 99 Lewis, 117 Mary Ellen

Eubanks, 130 Ned, 118 Rev. J. M., 120 Robert, 117 Sam, 114, 117 Sarah Virginia, 120 Squir, 117 Stephen, 117 Thomas, 113 W. H., 120 Wallis, 114 William, 116 Williams, 116

Jones A. C., 89 Bob, 96 Burrell, 114 Fannie L., 92 Frank, 113

J. H., 115 John T., 92 Maj. A. C., 94 Mrs. E. L., 104 Roy, 92 Scott, 113 Thomas, 116

Jordan Mrs. Jas., 109

Jorden Allen, 117

Judd E. F., 89

Jury Stephen, 118

K Keel

A. McCarahir, 111 Kelgroe

L. M., 120 Kendall

Ida, 98 Mr. R. E., 98 Mrs. S. C., 98

Kennebrew Shultz, 108

Kent Dick, 115

Kilgro J. M., 120 M., 120

Killian D. Curtis, 104 George W., 104 Henry E., 96 James H., 104 Margaret A., 104

Killitz Clyde, 125 Hugh, 125 Mattie, 125 Mrs., 124 Oscar, 124 Paul, 125 Siddle, 125

Kinard

Daniel, 131 Eve Sease, 131 Graham, 131 Jacob, 131

King Florence, 126 Ples, 116

Kinney Galin M., 112

Kinsey Susannah Ray, 119

Knox Dorothy, 95 Effie, 95 J. C., 95, 98, 105 Lizzie, 94 Mr. and Mrs. Jas.

C., 95 R. C., 92 S. Y. T., 94

Koonce Mrs. J. F., 107

L Lacefield

Monro, 114 Lacy

Mrs. A. E., 99 Lambert

Elbert, 101 Mrs. C. V., 100

Lambert & Wood, 104 Landers

E. M., 117 John, 115 W. A., 115

Lane Sophia, 131

Latty Thomas, 118

Lee Enoch C., 105 Pink, 103 Pink Willis, 103 Robert, 103

LeMay Nathan P., 130


Sarah Jane, 130 Lemon

Ed, 117 Lephiew

H. H., 91 Lewis

A. D., 118 Lillard

Marion, 105 Little

R., 118 Livingston

Patsy R., 132 T. R., 114

Locke F. A., 118

Lockhart Dr. G. N., 94 Oscar, 94, 96

Loper Dr. F. M., 104

Love Elizabeth Ann, 127 Jefferson Neil, 127 Varna Witt, 127

Lowe John D., 106, 108

Luker Martha, 89

M Males

Ora Lee, 129 Manees

J. R., 98 James W., 98, 102 Mrs. Z. H., 101

Maple Mariah, 89 W. J., 89

Marrs Catherine, 112 Isaac, 112 Wm. H., 112

Marryett Loyd, 113

Marshall

Benn, 117 Martin

E. Wray, 91 Mason

Littleberry E., 110, 111

Massey J. B., 104 Josh, 104

Mathews S. J., 97, 98

Matthews Blanche, 96 S. J., 92

Maxwell Laura, 106

May Lewis, 116 Lexy, 117

Mayes J. J., 114

McAtee William, 118

McCain Frances M., 115 G. W., 114

McCalister N. A., 89

McCollum A. B., 115 Howell, 114

McCormack, 106 McCoy

Mrs., 106 McCurry

Jessie, 125 McDowell

Linda, 137 McElwee

S. H., 108 McFarland

S. H., 118 McGlamery

F. M., 114 McGuire

A. E., 114 McKay

Henry, 131

McKilliam Henry, 115

McKillion Gabe, 113

McLaren Claude, 98 Mrs. J. E., 98

McQuabe William, 94

McQuiston Helen Ruth, 103 L. D., 103 Mrs. L. D., 103

Melson L., 120 Larking, 120

Meon Isaac, 131

Merriweather Deputy Sheriff, 94 Jim, 96

Merser Fenton, 117

Messenger Louis, 96

Michael Gadsen, 115

Miles Dallas, 101, 104

Mills Mary Belle, 126

Milum Tom, 118

Mobes Jesse, 118

Mobley Anna Barbara, 130 Benny Gene, 130 David Jr., 130 David Sr., 130 Martha W., 130

Momdro Izeral, 117

Moncrief D. A., 115

Moore Alease, 126 Denise, 126

Index 147

Dr. B. F., 103 Dulsie, 125 Hence Phillip, 126 Jonathan Bleu-

Thomason, 126 Minnie Mae, 126 Mrs. Jno., 106 Sharon Darlene,

126 Step, 117 Sylvia R., 126 Thomas J., 116 Willie, 125 Willie Wesley, 126

Moreland W. A., 115

Morgan Winnie, 131

Morris Mrs. S. J., 108 R. T., 105 Ruffin Tarver, 106

Morrison Aaron, 117 Bob, 116 Harry, 117

Morrow Mark, 114

Moss J. M., 118

Mullins F. W., 120

Mulllins W., 120

Murphy, 99 J. H., 114

Murser Jo, 117

Muse J. M., 93

N Neal

S. S., 115 T. B., 108

Neil Solomon, 116

Nelson A., 119, 120 A. B., 115 Betty, 82 John, 81, 82 Margaret Amanda,

82, 86 Mary Elizabeth, 82 Mencer, 116 Randle, 117 Sarah, 82 T. J., 115

Newby-Alexander Dr. Cassandra, 137

Newdorffer Clara, 123 Harry, 124 Lula, 123 Maude, 123

Newton Jessie, 114

Norton James R, 114

Norwood James, 118

O Oliver

William, 102 Oslin

A. L., 96 Mrs. A. L., 96

Owens Jane C., 108 Mr. and Mrs. L. B.,

91 Mrs. C. H., 94 Ned, 116 R. E., 108 Walter C., 96 Wycliffe, 91

P Pagan

Joseph Jas, 114 Pate

R. W., 120 Patton

Annie, 107 Paxtal

Smith, 118 Paxton

Willis, 117 Peacock

H. H., 94, 102 Jesse, 94 Mrs. H. H., 102

Penick John W., 100

Penix John W., 96, 109

Peoples Brutus, 106

Peyton James H., 115

Phillips Richard, 113 Walker, 113

Pickens C. L., 105, 108

Pierson B. H., 111 Jacob, 131 Jenetta, 131 Martha, 131

Pittman J. C., 111 Jeremiah, 114

Pollard Mrs. W. A., 106 W. A., 106

Pollock James R., 114 R. O., 114

Pool Gus, 108

Pope Mrs. W. R., 104

Porter Mike, 116

Power, 129 Prescot

Robert, 116 Prewitt


Thad, 95 Price

F. M., 114 G. W., 115 Libbie, 124 Myrtle, 124 William, 116

Primus James, 113 Scilus, 113

Prosper Jordan, 93, 105

Pruitt J. W., 89 Mrs. M. M., 89 W. E., 89

Q Quilling

M. W., 96 W. W., 96

Quinn Mattie, 89

R Ragland

J. H., 92 J. T., 97, 98

Raiford R. W., 115

Rankin Mettie E., 104 N. B., 104

Ray Susannah, 119

Redd Jim, 100

Reed Dandridge, 114 Dave, 118 Finis, 115 J. C., 117 John, 118 T. N., 117 W. C., 118

Reeder

Joshua W., 116 Reep

Jonas, 105 Rachel, 105

Reeves W. H., 119, 120

Reid Columbus, 117

Rhamy Cecil, 124 Daman, 124 Louis, 124 M., 124 Owen, 124

Richardson L. M., 114

Riddels E. A., 115

Ridgell, 106 Roane

James W., 97 Mary, 97 T. W., 97

Roberson Abb, 117 Jack, 117

Robinson Ethel, 125 Frank H., 125

Roddy Fanny, 107 W. D., 107

Roe Samuel, 114

Rogers E. Y. A., 109 Eli, 93 Mrs. E. J., 104 Mrs. J. A., 109

Rolins Harvey H., 116

Rollens Chester, 117

Roper H., 91 W. H., 91

Rose James M., 78, 137

Rouse Shular, 131

Row George, 116

Rutherford, 129

S Sain

Loraine, 95 Sampson

Frank, 117 John, 129 Tom, 117 Verjel, 118

Sanders Robert, 114

Savage Miss Mammie, 107 P. K., 107

Scott Frank H., 100 Ginny, 89 Jim, 114 Judge Robert T.,

100 Samuel, 117

Scroggins Jim, 117 Taylor, 116

Sease Eve, 131

Sharpe Herby Lorenzo, 126

Shaw Stephen, 116

Shelton Joseph, 100 Nancy J., 100

Shepherd William, 83, 85

Shinn Bessie, 89, 90 Charlie, 89 Ed, 89 Emmy, 89 J. L., 88, 89 J. M., 89

Index 149

J. Willis, 89 James H., 89 Josiah H., 89 Julia A., 89 Martha, 89 Mary L., 89 Minnie C., 89

Shore Julia T., 102

Sikes Henry, 118 J. M., 118

Simmons Andrew, 126 Parker, 113

Sims David, 116

Sissel J. B., 118 J. M., 118

Smiley Jim, 94

Smith Berry, 113 Franklin, 117 George, 114 James C., 115 James M., 118 Sherry, 120 Squire, 106 T. R., 112

Snell Cimon, 113 W. A., 114

Sowers Mrs. John T., 96

Spain C. W., 102

Spencer George, 102 James Vance, 102 Mrs. George, 102

Stamps Linza, 114

Stanley Dr. J. P., 107

Steadman G. D., 92, 97, 98

Stevenson J. A., 115

Stewart Antney, 118 J. T., 114 James, 117 John A., 116 Lewis, 117 Moses, 116 Thos., 116 W. P., 115 William, 116

Stokes J. B., 97 J. J., 97 Wm. Riley, 97

Stone Carroll W., 114 John D., 114

Stroops Daniel, 113

Stuart E. C., 115 J. L., 115 James W., 117

Styron Mrs. E. G., 107

Suffridge Lynda Childers, 79

Swift Annie Mae, 92

Swytcer W. L, 118

Sykes Lloyd, 129 William, 129

T Tardy

Lizzie A., 92 Taylor

Billey, 114 J. G., 93 R. H., 93 William, 114

Thomas Elisha, 129

Franklin, 129 James, 129 Mary E, 129 Moses, 114 Newton, 129 Pleasant, 129 Sarah Jane, 129 William, 129

Thompson Claude C., 103 Earl, 103 Fay, 103 Guy, 103 Harriett R., 103 Jno. W., 114 Miss Ione, 103 Rev. French, 103 Roy L., 103 Wood E., 103

Thorrington Aaron, 117

Thurmon Cross, 117

Tillar T. F., 93, 105

Timberlake J., 115

Tom, 112 Tomlin

W. I., 92 W. L., 105

Tomlinson Carol, 132 Thomas James, 132

Tompson James, 114

Trantham Marion, 91

Tribbe F. C., 114

Trice J. A., 101 Mrs. J. A., 101 Wallace, 101

Trimble Henry, 116 Roll, 117 Vergent, 118


Trotter Dixon, 104

Tucker Ollie, 123

Tulles V., 118

Turner Ann, 86, 87 Auston, 116 Frances Osceola,

128 J. C., 100 Walter, 100

Turrentine M. J., 115

Tyler H. W., 98, 105

Tyree D. C., 115 Daniel, 115 J. B., 115 J. J., 115

U Uptgrove

J. H., 108

V Van

Andrew, 117 Varnell

Jim, 116 Vaughan

Jesse, 118 Vaughn

Edmon, 114 Henry T., 115 John, 115 Monro, 113 Thomas, 114

Vick Jesse, 89

Vickers J. W., 115 James J. Jr., 115 James J. Sr., 115

W Wadsworth

Fanny, 89 Walker

Amos V., 116 Dick, 116 Edward, 117 Frank, 117 George, 116 Jesse, 129 Jim, 100 John, 118 Josh, 117 R. W., 115 Sallie, 92 Sally, 98, 109

Walters Frank, 99

Ward Cyrus, 118 J. H., 115 Jno S., 114 Willi, 117

Warren Ada, 131 Asberry, 114 Bosom, 115 Frances E., 131 Garry W., 131 H. D., 115 Harriet J., 131 Joseph L., 131 Marion D., 131 Mary Ann A., 131 Massila A., 131 Sara D., 131 Therodor, 114 William L., 131

Webb Ruben, 113

Wehunt Malinda, 127

Wells Barbara, 99 Bellfield, 100 C. F., 109 Cora, 100

H. W., 107 J. K., 92 James Knox Polk,

92 Jim, 92 Louise, 107 Lulu, 109 Mrs. H. W., 107 R. D., 98, 100 R. T., 103 Rebecca A., 98 Rebeckah A., 100 Robert, 103 Sarah G., 103 Sarah Gilbert, 103 Spencer, 109 Travis, 100 W. T., 93 Wallace B., 109

Welsh J. D., 107 Miss Ladelle, 107 Mrs. C. A., 96, 107

Wetherspoon Andrew, 116 Fed, 116 Friday, 116 Henry, 116 Sam, 116 Sharper, 116 Wilce, 116

White Flavious Stapleton,

132 George W., 131 James, 132 Rich, 129 Virginia F., 103

Whiting C. L. S., 93 F. A., 93

Wilfong Mrs. A. C., 104

Wilkinson Dirk N., 127

Willey Hampton, 113

William

Index 151

John, 116, 117 Williams, 102

Amanda Josephine, 130

Arkles, 116 B., 116 Bob, 116 Carroll, 114 E. D., 115 Ed., 94 George, 113 Henry, 114 J. O., 115 John, 116 Maggie, 89 Sam, 118 Sampson, 115 T. W., 115 W. T. H., 115 William, 117

Williamson J. G., 105 Oscar, 109

Willson Christian, 113 John, 113

Wilson Georganne E., 103 Harry, 125

Hazel, 125 James S., 116 John, 116 Jorden, 116 K. T., 114 L. W., 92, 105 Leonard, 114 Miss Menece, 82 Pat, 92 R. M., 115 Rebecca, 136 T. E., 116 Tom, 98

Witter Dick, 117

Womack Patsy Campbell,

137 Wood

Judge Z. T., 106 Mrs. Carroll D.,

103 Mrs. Z. T., 106 Z. T., 98, 104, 105 Zeph. J. Jr., 106

Woulfe Patrick, 78, 134

Wren A. D., 115

Wright Charls, 113 E., 120 Jeanette, 95 Jeannette, 96 Mabel, 95

Y Yancey

J. M., 88, 89 John M., 90 Margaret Anna, 90 Mrs. M. A., 89 Stellie, 89

Yancy James M., 114

Yeargain Andrew, 132 John Wesley, 132

York L. E., 105

Yourk C. F., 89 Mrs. L. J., 89 T. C., 88, 89 W. T., 89

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